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SCHOOL

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Inside the nation¡¯s biggest district bus systems

Clark County Rolls Into No. 2 Spot

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Clark County Rolls Into No. 2 Spot

For the second year in a row, the Las Vegas district¡¯s fleet moves up in the

Top 100, this time landing between New York City and Los Angeles.

Photo courtesy Clark County School District

By Thomas McMahon, Executive Editor

N

evada¡¯s Clark County School District has again

New to the list

moved closer to the top of the Top 100 School DisOver the past year, we identified several school districts that

trict Fleets, this time landing at No. 2.

have fleets large enough to be ranked in the Top 100 but

Last year, the Las Vegas-based district rose to No.

weren¡¯t previously. New to the list this year:

3 on the list and claimed the distinction of running

? Hemet (Calif.) Unified School District.

the biggest publicly owned and operated school bus

? Jefferson Parish Public School System in Marrero, Louisiana.

fleet in the U.S. None of the district¡¯s route buses are operated

? Lake County Schools in Tavares, Florida.

by contractors.

? Beaverton (Ore.) School District.

This year, Clark County moved into the second spot on the

? Comal Independent School District in New Braunfels, Texas.

Top 100 with 1,698 route buses (which is the number that de? Davis School District in Farmington, Utah.

termines position on the list).

? San Antonio Independent School District.

Still, the New York City Department of Education¡¯s school

? Suffolk (Va.) Public Schools.

transportation system, which is composed entirely of contrac? Wilson County Schools in Lebanon, Tennessee.

tor buses, remains by far the largest district fleet in the nation,

Should your district be on the list? If you have about 130

with 9,000 route buses.

or more school buses in route service (including any that are

Los Angeles Unified School District, now No. 3 on the list,

operated by contractors), you should be in the running for the

has a combined district

Top 100.

and contractor operaSend an email to

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tion, with a total of 1,689

info@schoolbusfleet.

route buses.

com with your district¡¯s

SCHOOL DISTRICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STUDENTS TRANSPORTED DAILY

Like Clark County,

name, number of route

1. New York City Department of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,160

Georgia¡¯s

Gwinnett

buses, and contact info,

2. Fairfax County (Va.) Public Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,650

County Public Schools

and we¡¯ll send you the

runs an entirely in-house

survey when we¡¯re com3. Gwinnett County (Ga.) Public Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,938

transportation

syspiling the Top 100 list

4. Clark County (Nev.) School District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,952

tem. Gwinnett County

next year.

is ranked No. 4 on this

5. Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C.) Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,000

year¡¯s Top 100, with

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New York City¡¯s 9,000 route buses, all operated by contractors,

1,636 route buses.

transport the biggest ridership of any school district in the nation.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT

1

New York City Department of Education

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ROUTE

BUSES

2017

ROUTE

BUSES

2016

CHANGE

TOTAL

SMALL

LARGE

CONTRACTOR STUDENTS

2017 VS.

BUSES

BUSES

BUSES

BUSES

TRANSPORTED

2016 DAILY

ANNUAL

ROUTE

MILEAGE

9,000

8,000

+1,000

24,300,000

10,350

6,500

3,850

10,350

147,160

New York City

2

Clark County School District

1,698

1,752

-54

1,957

947

1,010

0

127,952

23,000,000

Las Vegas

3

Los Angeles Unified School District

1,689

1,760

-71

2,006

1,170

519

706

44,677

12,386,098

Los Angeles

4

Gwinnett County Public Schools

1,636

1,626

+10

1,980

534

1,102

0

129,938

24,000,000

Lawrenceville, Georgia

5

School District of Philadelphia*

1,283

1,283

0

1,411

283

1,128

900

38,000

14,700,000

Philadelphia

6

Chicago Public Schools*

1,271

1,271

0

1,483

400

1,083

1,483

22,182

7,459,768

Chicago

7

Fairfax County Public Schools

1,183

1,178

+5

1,630

496

1,134

0

142,650

17,000,000

Fairfax, Virginia

8

Montgomery County Public Schools

1,156

1,150

+6

1,322

1

1,321

0

102,000

20,000,000

Rockville, Maryland

9

Prince George¡¯s County Public Schools*

1,084

1,084

0

1,251

23

1,228

4

85,000

19,605,431

Upper Marlboro, Maryland

10

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

1,078

1,052

+26

1,300

0

1,300

0

127,000

20,000,000

Charlotte, North Carolina

11

Houston Independent School District

1,026

862

+164

1,106

36

1,070

0

36,000

n/a

Houston

12

Broward County Public Schools*

998

998

0

1,248

46

1,202

0

73,000

16,000,000

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

13

Miami-Dade County Public Schools

941

n/a

n/a

1,152

23

1,129

60

54,000

16,000,000

Miami

14

Cobb County School District

935

975

-40

1,171

2

1,169

0

78,000

12,425,000

Marietta, Georgia

15

Milwaukee Public Schools*

903

903

0

940

480

460

940

54,000

14,000,000

Milwaukee

16

Orange County Public Schools

901

907

-6

1,070

0

1,070

0

69,514

18,300,000

Orlando, Florida

17

Jefferson County Public Schools

900

n/a

n/a

1,213

213

1,000

0

70,000

17,500,000

Louisville, Kentucky

*Most recent data available

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Hillsborough County Public Schools

ROUTE

BUSES

2017

ROUTE

BUSES

2016

883

953

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CHANGE

TOTAL

SMALL

LARGE

CONTRACTOR STUDENTS

2017 VS.

BUSES

BUSES

BUSES

BUSES

TRANSPORTED

2016 DAILY

-70

1,330

0

1,330

0

85,000

ANNUAL

ROUTE

MILEAGE

17,000,000

Tampa, Florida

19

Duval County Public Schools*

870

870

0

960

0

960

960

48,000

9,900,000

Jacksonville, Florida

20

DeKalb County School District*

853

853

0

952

256

696

0

65,000

11,000,000

Tucker, Georgia

21

Baltimore County Public Schools*

810

810

0

1,034

0

1,034

135

71,916

14,500,000

Baltimore, Maryland

22

School District of Palm Beach County

792

647

+145

853

0

853

0

63,800

12,000,000

West Palm Beach, Florida

23

Prince William County Schools

780

770

+10

915

260

655

0

61,000

10,500,000

Bristow, Virginia

24

School District of Lee County

778

765

+13

910

203

575

0

50,000

13,000,600

Fort Myers, Florida

25

Fulton County Schools

768

n/a

n/a

965

45

920

0

79,000

12,000,000

Atlanta

26

Cypress-Fairbanks Ind. School District

742

764

-22

1,041

65

976

0

78,166

8,253,388

Houston

27

Northside Independent School District

705

720

-15

928

25

903

0

62,000

6,600,000

San Antonio

28

Buffalo City School District*

674

674

0

741

261

413

741

29,200

7,645,000

Buffalo, New York

29

Columbus City Schools

648

800

-152

871

98

773

25

44,000

12,380,000

Columbus, Ohio

30

Virginia Beach City Public Schools

630

743

-113

762

57

705

0

37,962

9,221,543

Virginia Beach, Virginia

31

Guilford County Schools

625

663

-38

690

68

622

68

37,904

9,800,000

Greensboro, North Carolina

32

Union County Educ. Svcs. Commission*

615

615

0

625

580

45

600

4,000

n/a

Westfield, New Jersey

33

Boston Public Schools

610

668

-58

747

485

262

**

30,000

8,500,000

Boston

34

Pittsburgh Public Schools

592

n/a

n/a

818

314

278

592

35,000

n/a

Pittsburgh

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Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools

ROUTE

BUSES

2017

ROUTE

BUSES

2016

561

n/a

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CHANGE

TOTAL

SMALL

LARGE

CONTRACTOR STUDENTS

2017 VS.

BUSES

BUSES

BUSES

BUSES

TRANSPORTED

2016 DAILY

n/a

750

79

671

67

45,058

ANNUAL

ROUTE

MILEAGE

4,118,839

Nashville, Tennessee

36

Chesterfield County Public Schools

524

520

+4

645

0

524

0

45,000

4,500,000

Chesterfield, Virginia

37

Polk County Public Schools

511

n/a

n/a

639

0

511

0

50,000

6,700,000

Bartow, Florida

38

Henrico County Public Schools

474

477

-3

622

6

616

0

30,080

8,686,505

Richmond, Virginia

39

Howard County Public School System

453

453

0

570

126

327

453

40,000

5,500,000

Ellicott City, Maryland

40

Cumberland County Schools

436

n/a

n/a

481

0

436

0

25,946

4,667,940

Fayetteville, North Carolina

41

Harford County Public Schools

432

432

0

495

115

380

380

31,558

7,767,074

Bel Air, Maryland

42

Katy Independent School District

414

383

+31

661

0

661

0

26,500

4,300,000

Katy, Texas

43

Jefferson County Schools

412

420

-8

516

0

516

0

20,890

4,000,000

Birmingham, Alabama

44

San Diego Unified School District

400

n/a

n/a

520

120

280

0

10,100

6,000,000

San Diego

44

Austin Independent School District

400

390

+10

513

232

281

0

22,000

5,200,000

Austin, Texas

44

Mesa Public Schools

400

419

-19

541

n/a

n/a

0

40,000

n/a

Mesa, Arizona

47

St. Paul Public Schools

385

330

+55

491

107

278

355

28,000

7,260,000

St. Paul, Minnesota

48

Conroe Independent School District

384

369

+15

545

110

435

0

39,090

7,374,563

Conroe, Texas

49

Anoka-Hennepin School District

370

360

+10

400

160

210

400

36,000

6,500,000

Anoka, Minnesota

50

Greenville County Schools

361

361

0

389

n/a

n/a

0

26,000

5,000,000

Greenville, South Carolina

51

Brevard Public Schools

360

360

0

535

0

535

0

23,000

6,500,000

Cocoa, Florida

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