Top District Fleets: Georgia District Holds Top Spot for Second Year
Gwinnett County Public Schools remains No. 1 among School Bus Fleet survey respondents with 1,630 route buses transporting 135,000 students for annual mileage of 23,000,000.
This marks the second year in a row for Georgia’s Gwinnett County Public Schools taking the top spot among survey respondents.
Photo: Gwinnett County Public Schools
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For the second year in a row, Gwinnett County Public Schools in Lawrenceville, Ga., reached the No. 1 spot of School Bus Fleet’s Top District Fleets survey, with 1,630 route buses, up from 1,543 last year.
The top five included four southeastern school districts, with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina coming in second with 928 route buses, Polk County Schools in Bartow, Fla., reaching fourth place with 525 route buses, and Cherokee County School District in Canton, Ga., at No. 5 with 404 route buses.
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Other districts on SBF’s Top District Fleets list include:
Albequerque (N.M.) Public Schools, No.7 on the list with 389 route buses.
Tennessee’s Germantown Municipal School District coming in at No. 10 with 299 route buses.
Washoe County School District in Reno, Nev., taking spot No. 15 with 221 route buses.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Annapolis, Md., at No. 18 with 202 route buses.
Deer Valley Unified School District in Glendale, Ariz., at No. 20 with 190 route buses.
Kanawha County Schools in Charleston, W.V., coming in at No. 23 with 163 route buses.
Fort Zumwalt School District R-II in O’Fallon, Mo., taking spot No. 24 with 132 route buses.
North Penn School District in Lansdale, Penn., at No. 25 with 128 route buses.
Driver Austin Gregory behind the wheel of Bus G2037 in Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Schools's Garinger Transportation area.
Photo: Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Schools
We encourage you to send an email to info@schoolbusfleet.com 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 Districts list next year. If you have about 150 or more school buses in route service (including any that are operated by contractors), you should be in the running.
RANKING
DISTRICT
TOTAL BUSES
ROUTE BUSES
CONTRACTOR BUSES
STUDENTS TRANSPORTED
ANNUAL ROUTE MILEAGE
1
Gwinnett County Public Schools
(Lawrenceville, Ga.)
1,968
1,630
0
128,000
23,000,000
2
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
(Charlotte, N.C.)
1,208
928
0
105,130
22,000,000
3
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
(Houston, Texas)
1,250
639
0
83,833
6,500,000
4
Polk County Public Schools
(Bartow, Fla.)
645
525
6
50,000
9,400,000
5
Cherokee County School District
(Canton, Ga.)
482
404
0
28,475
4,800,000
6
Greenville County School District
(Greenville, S.C.)
550
400
0
27,500
7,200,000
7
Albuquerque Public Schools
(Albuquerque, N.M.)
434
389
139
39,145
5,236,226
8
Austin Independent School District
(Austin, Texas)
545
345
0
22,000
6,000,000
9
Denver Public Schools
(Denver, Colo.)
400
325
0
50,000
2,500,000
10
Germantown Municipal School District
(Germantown, Tenn.)
373
299
373
23,400
5,171,800
11
St. Lucie Public Schools
(Port St. Lucie, Fla.)
389
281
0
20,102
6,200,000
12
Northwest Regional Education Service District
(Hillsboro, Ore.)
328
257
0
22,946
2,450,000
13
Stafford County Public Schools
(Stafford, Va.)
270
255
0
26,000
2,337,000
14
Lake County District Schools
(Tavares, Fla.)
300
239
0
18,803
5,400,000
15
Washoe County School District
(Reno, Nev.)
370
221
0
18,000
3,727,228
16
Bossier Parish Schools
(Benton, La.)
294
216
0
13,500
2,400,000
17
Sumner County Schools
(Gallatin, Tenn.)
235
210
0
20,000
2,350,000
18
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
(Annapolis, Md.)
263
202
246
18,000
4,000,000
19
Spring Independent School District
(Spring, Texas)
262
200
0
14,000
2,500,000
20
Deer Valley Unified School District
(Glendale, Ariz.)
220
190
0
3,500
1,000,000
21
Mansfield Independent School District
(Mansfield, Texas)
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