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By Nicole Schlosser, Executive Editor

Georgia District Breaks the Top 3

Gwinnett County Public Schools climbs up one spot to rank third on the list, with the same number of route buses as last year. The district has the second-biggest inhouse public school bus fleet.

Photo courtesy Gwinnett County Public Schools

T his year's Top 100 School District Fleets list saw a shift in the top five rankings, along with several new additions. Gwinnett County (Ga.) Public Schools climbed up one spot, from No. 4 to No. 3, with the same number

This year, Clark County School District in Las Vegas comes in at No. 2, but remains the biggest publicly owned and operated school bus fleet in the U.S. None of the district's route buses are operated by contractors.

The New York City Department of Education continues to

of route buses as last year -- 1,636 -- as Los Angeles hold the top spot on the Top 100 with 8,215 route buses. It is

Unified School District reported 304 fewer route buses than entirely serviced by contractors.

last year and dropped two spots from No. 2 to No. 4. (The Top

For this year's list, we identified several other school

100 is ranked by number of route buses.) Gwinnett County has districts that have fleets large enough to be ranked in the Top

the second-biggest in-house public school bus fleet among the district fleets represented on the list. Los Angeles USD has a

100 but weren't previously. Those are:

? Rockford (Ill.) Public Schools District 205, coming in at

combined district and contractor operation.

No. 71 with 265 route buses.

? Carroll County Public Schools in Westminster, Md.,

TOP 5 IN RIDERSHIP

entering at No. 72 with 260 route buses.

? Stafford County Public Schools in Fredericksburg,

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

1. New York City Department of Education . . . . . . . . . 146,777

Va., joining the list at No. 76 with 250 route buses.

? Klein (Texas) Independent School District, coming

in at No. 82 with 245 route buses.

? La Joya (Texas) Independent School District, taking

2. Fairfax County (Va.) Public Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,880 3. Gwinnett County (Ga.) Public Schools . . . . . . . . . . . 133,660 4. Clark County (Nev.) School District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131,427

spot No. 89 with 220 route buses.

? St. Mary's Public Schools in Leonardtown, Md.,

entering at No. 96 with 202 route buses.

? El Paso (Texas) Independent School District,

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

joining at No. 99 with 199 route buses. Should your district be on the list? If you have about

150 or more school buses in route service (including any

Once again this year, New York City's 8,215 route buses, all

that are operated by contractors), you should be in the

operated by contractors, transport the biggest ridership of any school district in the nation. Fairfax (Va.) County Public Schools comes in a close second, transporting 141,880 students daily with 1,181 route buses.

running for the Top 100. Send an email to info@ with your

district's name, number of route buses, and contact info, and we'll send you the survey when we're compiling the

Top 100 list next year.

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RANK

SCHOOL DISTRICT

ROUTE BUSES 2019

ROUTE BUSES 2018

CHANGE

TOTAL

CONTRACTOR

2019 VS.

BUSES

BUSES

2018

STUDENTS TRANSPORTED

DAILY

1 New York City Department of Education

8,215

9,200

-985

9,035

9,035

146,777

NewYork City

2 Clark County School District

1,660

1,679

-19

1,920

0

131,427

Las Vegas

ANNUAL ROUTE MILEAGE 15,000,000

27,000,000

3 Gwinnett County Public Schools

1,636

1,636

0

1,900

0

133,660

Lawrenceville, Ga.

23,400,000

4 Los Angeles Unified School District

1,459

1,763

-304

1,920

552

100,248**

Los Angeles

12,195,867

5 School District of Philadelphia*

1,394

1,394

0

1,627

1,119

40,104

Philadelphia

20,529,978

6 Chicago Public Schools*

1,271

1,271

0

1,483

1,483

22,182

Chicago

7,459,768

7 Montgomery County Public Schools

1,198

1,190

+8

1,378

0

104,500

Rockville, Md.

20,000,000

8 Fairfax County Public Schools

1,181

1,183

-2

1,625

0

141,880

Fairfax, Va.

17,000,000

9 Cobb County School District

1,150

933

+217

1,150

0

72,023

Marietta, Ga.

11,891,646

10 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

1,088

1,088

0

1,228

0

127,000

Charlotte, N.C.

23,400,000

11 Milwaukee Public Schools

1,050

1,050

0

1,124

1,124

55,000

Milwaukee

14,000,000

12 Prince George's County Public Schools

1,030

1,047

-17

1,292

7

85,040

Upper Marlboro, Md.

19,718,000

13 Broward County Schools

1,008

1,011

-3

1,266

0

76,815

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

17,658,521

14 Houston Independent School District*

990

990

0

1,100

0

36,000

Houston

15,000,000

15 Jefferson County Public Schools

915

905

+10

1,200

0

71,000

Louisville, Ky.

17,675,000

16 DeKalb County School District*

900

900

n/a

1,072

n/a

55,000

Tucker, Ga.

12,000,000

17 Miami-Dade County Public Schools*

884

884

0

1,160

60

51,000

Miami

13,200,000

*Most recent data available

**Estimate

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SCHOOL DISTRICT

ROUTE BUSES 2019

ROUTE BUSES 2018

CHANGE

TOTAL

CONTRACTOR

2019 VS.

BUSES

BUSES

2018

STUDENTS TRANSPORTED

DAILY

18 Orange County Public Schools

875

892

-17

1,087

0

69,500

Orlando, Fla.

ANNUAL ROUTE MILEAGE

19,000,000

19 Duval County Public Schools

850

n/a

n/a

n/a

850

47,000

n/a

Jacksonville, Fla.

20 Hillsborough County Public Schools

822

842

-20

1,154

0

85,000

Tampa, Fla.

17,000,000

21 Dallas Independent School District*

812

n/a

n/a

998

0

40,000

Dallas

12,000,000

22 Baltimore County Public Schools*

808

808

n/a

1,034

178

81,306

Middle River, Md.

14,987,494

23 School District of Palm Beach County*

792

792

0

853

0

63,800

West Palm Beach, Fla.

12,000,000

24 Prince William County Schools

770

770

0

901

0

60,000

Bristow, Va.

10,500,000

25 Fulton County Schools

768

800

-32

944

0

79,000

Atlanta

10,000,000

26 Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District

742

745

-3

1,107

0

78,908

Houston

660,876

27 Lee County School District Fort Myers, Fla.

728

810

-82

822

0

49,734

11,400,000

28 Columbus City Schools*

700

700

0

846

0

38,000

Columbus, Ohio

11,700,000

29 Hawaii Department of Education

659

663

-4

762

722

33,500

Honolulu

5,154,890

30 Northside Independent School District

650

590

+60

937

0

30,000

San Antonio

7,506,000

31 Virginia Beach City Public Schools

630

550

+80

806

0

45,422

Virginia Beach, Va.

5,567,407

32 Guilford County Schools

629

629

0

700

78

37,520

Greensboro, N.C.

8,715,600

33 Buffalo City School District

620

650

-30

682

682

29,890

Buffalo, N.Y.

8,105,200

34 Boston Public Schools*

610

610

0

747

***

30,000

Boston

8,500,000

*Most recent data available ***Buses owned by district, operated by contractor

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RANK

SCHOOL DISTRICT

ROUTE BUSES 2019

ROUTE BUSES 2018

CHANGE

TOTAL

CONTRACTOR

2019 VS.

BUSES

BUSES

2018

STUDENTS TRANSPORTED

DAILY

35 Pittsburgh Public Schools*

592

592

0

818

592

35,000

Pittsburgh

ANNUAL ROUTE MILEAGE

n/a

36 Loudoun County Public Schools*

545

545

0

800

0

41,000

Leesburg, Va.

7,500,000

37 Chesterfield County Public Schools*

503

503

0

637

0

44,563

Chesterfield, Va.

5,514,800

38 Union County Educational Services Commission

500

500

0

550

525

3,500

n/a

Westfield, N.J.

39 Chesapeake Public Schools*

503

503

0

637

0

44,563

Chesapeake, Va.

5,514,800

40 Howard County Public Schools*

468

468

0

542

468

42,000

Columbia, Md.

5,500,000

40 Pasco County Schools

468

464

+4

518

0

35,718

New Port Richey, Fla.

7,500,000

42 Mesa Public Schools*

467

467

0

541

0

35,840

Mesa, Ariz.

5,747,799

43 Pinellas County Schools*

465

465

0

644

0

33,000

n/a

Largo, Fla.

44 Henrico County Public Schools

450

476

-26

610

0

31,824

Richmond, Va.

6,239,465

45 Cumberland County Schools*

444

444

0

489

9

26,000

Fayetteville, N.C.

4,680,000

46 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

441

400

+41

514

0

36,570

Winston-Salem, N.C.

6,000,000

47 Harford County Public Schools

431

445

-14

496

381

32,544

Bel Air, Md.

7,608,481

48 Jefferson County Schools*

430

430

0

519

0

n/a

n/a

Birmingham, Ala.

49 Metropolitian Nashville Public Schools

421

485

-64

647

24

35,313

Nashville, Tenn.

4,597,272

50 Conroe Independent School District*

393

393

0

589

0

36,021

Conroe, Texas

7,000,000

51 Austin Independent School District

380

342

+38

489

0

22,000

Austin, Texas

6,200,000

*Most recent data available

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SCHOOL DISTRICT

ROUTE BUSES 2019

ROUTE BUSES 2018

CHANGE

TOTAL

CONTRACTOR

2019 VS.

BUSES

BUSES

2018

STUDENTS TRANSPORTED

DAILY

52 Detroit Public Schools Community District*

378

378

0

410

410

14,500

Detroit

ANNUAL ROUTE MILEAGE

4,346,999

53 Greenville County School District*

369

369

0

395

0

27,000

Greenville, S.C.

7,380,000

54 Clayton County Public Schools*

367

367

0

430

n/a

28,000

Jonesboro, Ga.

5,400,000

55 San Diego Unified School District*

360

360

0

474

0

9,000

San Diego

5,500,000

56 Anoka-Hennepin Schools

359

385

-26

399

399

34,000

Anoka, Minn.

6,900,000

57 Frederick County Public Schools

357

352

+5

438

0

31,000

Frederick, Md.

7,607,850

58 St. Paul Public Schools*

350

350

0

400

310

32,000

St. Paul, Minn.

6,000,000

59 Katy Independent School District

342

342

0

625

0

35,000

Katy, Texas

4,275,449

60 Shelby County Schools

340

340

0

458

340

23,000

Memphis, Tenn.

1,000,000

61 St. Lucie Public Schools

306

316

-10

400

0

23,000

Fort Pierce, Fla.

6,500,000

62 Hamilton Southeastern Schools*

305

305

0

308

0

19,000

Fishers, Ind.

2,995,000

63 Spotsylvania County Public Schools*

304

304

0

378

0

21,365

Mineral, Va.

3,257,030

64 Indianapolis Public Schools*

300

300

0

437

279

24,000

Indianapolis

3,000,000

64 North East Independent School District*

300

300

0

450

0

20,000

San Antonio

3,300,000

66 Atlanta Public Schools

296

294

+2

398

9

29,000

Atlanta

3,818,700

67 Jeffco Public Schools*

290

290

0

430

0

87,500

Lakewood, Colo.

4,500,000

68 Spring Independent School District*

281

281

0

346

0

17,000

Houston

3,100,000

*Most recent data available

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SCHOOL DISTRICT

ROUTE BUSES 2019

ROUTE BUSES 2018

CHANGE

TOTAL

CONTRACTOR

2019 VS.

BUSES

BUSES

2018

STUDENTS TRANSPORTED

DAILY

69 Sarasota County Schools*

275

275

0

390

0

16,850

Sarasota, Fla.

ANNUAL ROUTE MILEAGE

5,500,000

70 Washoe County School District*

269

269

0

359

0

21,000

Sparks, Nev.

5,400,000

71 Rockford Public Schools District 205

265

n/a

n/a

320

100

19,000

Rockford, Ill.

5,963,487

72 Carroll County Public Schools

260

n/a

n/a

320

320

23,500

Westminster, Md.

5,300,000

72 Douglas County School System*

260

260

0

340

0

17,000

Douglasville, Ga.

2,160,000

74 Evergreen Public Schools

255

242

+13

285

0

11,500

Vancouver, Wash.

2,603,200

75 Lake County Schools*

251

251

0

330

0

21,000

Taveras, Fla.

5,400,000

76 Coweta County School System*

250

250

0

287

0

18,000

Newnan, Ga.

1,000,000

76 Fort Wayne Community Schools*

250

250

0

301

0

16,000

n/a

Fort Wayne, Ind.

76 Hanover County Public Schools*

250

250

0

302

0

14,650

Hanover, Va.

1,720,000

76 Stafford County Public Schools

250

n/a

n/a

300

0

17,500

n/a

Fredericksburg, Va.

80 Beaverton School District*

248

248

0

308

0

26,535

Beaverton, Ore.

3,200,988

81 Portland Public Schools*

246

246

0

292

195

8,167

Portland, Ore.

3,282,091

82 Klein Independent School District

245

n/a

n/a

333

0

22,512

Klein, Texas

2,701,243

83 Fayette County Public Schools*

241

241

0

285

0

20,000

Lexington, Ky.

3,551,520

84 Hamilton County Department of Education*

239

239

0

334

74

20,000

Chattanooga, Tenn.

3,500,000

85 Anchorage School District*

236

236

0

292

177

24,000

Anchorage, Alaska

3,335,562

*Most recent data available

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SCHOOL DISTRICT

ROUTE BUSES 2019

ROUTE BUSES 2018

CHANGE

TOTAL

CONTRACTOR

2019 VS.

BUSES

BUSES

2018

STUDENTS TRANSPORTED

DAILY

86 Salem-Keizer Public Schools*

230

230

0

272

0

22,000

Salem, Ore.

ANNUAL ROUTE MILEAGE

3,500,000

87 Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp.

227

233

-6

265

57

17,000

Evansville, Ind.

1,800,000

88 Columbia County School District*

221

221

n/a

294

0

11,726

Evans, Ga.

3,123,312

89 La Joya Independent School District

220

n/a

n/a

350

0

30,000

n/a

La Joya,Texas

89 Plano Independent School District*

220

220

0

300

0

15,000

Plano, Texas

3,500,000

91 Greece Central School District*

215

215

0

255

40

11,000

Brockport, N.Y.

2,500,000

92 Volusia County Schools*

214

214

0

320

0

22,443

Daytona Beach, Fla.

3,905,643

93 West Ada School District*

207

207

0

283

207

11,729

Meridian, Idaho

2,976,783

94 Sumner County Schools*

206

206

0

237

0

18,750

Gallatin, Tenn.

2,400,000

95 Norfolk Public Schools

205

220

-15

330

0

11,264

Norfolk, Va.

2,365,921

96 St. Mary's Public Schools

202

n/a

n/a

287

264

18,050

Leonardtown, Md.

4,137,000

97 Davis School District*

201

201

0

247

0

20,000

Farmington, Utah

2,288,876

98 San Antonio Independent School District*

200

200

0

265

0

8,210

San Antonio

2,100,000

99 El Paso Independent School District

199

n/a

n/a

322

0

El Paso,Texas

10,000

2,144,738

100 Warren County Public Schools*

195

195

0

235

0

10,000

Bowling Green, Ky.

2,600,000

*Most recent data available

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