I'm gonna have to go check now .... I rode the school bus early on .... but the bus stop was probably .3 miles away. Rode my Schwinn starting about 5th grade on nice days ... I'm guessing 3 miles. My older sis was driving me in grades 7-8 ... she was in hs down the street. Then I walked in grades 9 & 10 .... mebbe 1.5 miles, until I got my license.
NO one's parents drove them that I can recall .... except that very first day of 1st grade. I still remember the classroom, and my teacher Ms. Works