School Districts: How Does Your Fleet Compare? Weigh In On SBF's 2026 Survey

Share how current trends are affecting your fleet operations, from vehicles and fuels to drivers, safety concerns, and contractor usage. We need your insights to benchmark annual industry data!

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July 13, 2026

Promotional graphic for School Bus Fleet's district fleet survey. Text reads "Districts: Tell Us About Your Fleet" alongside a row of yellow school buses. Survey closes Sept. 25, 2026. — We're looking for district transportation team input on a variety of issues by September 25.
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What's happening in North American school bus fleets? That's what we're ready to find out from the folks on the frontline of it every day (psst that's you!).

We need your help to report on the state of the industry through our annual benchmarking and district survey. Your feedback on drivers, challenges, bus purchases, technology, and more, is invaluable.

What Will Be in the Final Report?

A comprehensive feature detailing averaged results from all respondents, revealing annual route milage, contracted vs. district-owned buses, drivers per district, hourly wages, union membership, technology usage, bus purchase intent, fuels used, and top concerns in daily operations
Plus, a list of the largest 25 school district fleets across the country
Top 5 fleets based on route buses
Top 5 fleets based on ridership

The results will be published in School Bus Fleet's November 2026 print magazine and on our website.

How to Participate

If you're a school district transportation director, supervisor or coordinator, operations or fleet manager, or other administration personnel, you qualify to participate. All answers are confidential, except for the fleet details of the 25 largest districts.

Take the 2026 School District Fleet Survey HERE!

Responses are due by EOD Friday, September 25, 2026.

Got questions or concerns? Email amanda.huggett@bobit.com.

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