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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.

By Thomas McMahon, Executive Editor

Photo courtesy Clark County School District

Nevada's Clark County School District has again moved closer to the top of the Top 100 School District Fleets, this time landing at No. 2. Last year, the Las Vegas-based district rose to No. 3 on the list and claimed the distinction of running

New to the list

Over the past year, we identified several school districts that have fleets large enough to be ranked in the Top 100 but weren't previously. New to the list this year: ? 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 operation, with a total of 1,689

TOP 5 IN RIDERSHIP

Send an email to info@schoolbusfleet.

route buses.

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

com with your district's

Like Clark County,

Georgia's

Gwinnett

County Public Schools

1. New York City Department of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,160 2. Fairfax County (Va.) Public Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,650

name, number of route buses, and contact info, and we'll send you the

runs an entirely in-house

3. Gwinnett County (Ga.) Public Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,938

survey when we're com-

transportation

sys-

tem. Gwinnett County

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

piling the Top 100 list next year.

is ranked No. 4 on this

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

year's Top 100, with 1,636 route buses.

New York City's 9,000 route buses, all operated by contractors, transport the biggest ridership of any school district in the nation.

thomas.mcmahon@

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SCHOOL DISTRICT

ROUTE BUSES 2017

ROUTE BUSES 2016

CHANGE TOTAL

SMALL

LARGE CONTRACTOR STUDENTS

2017 VS. BUSES

BUSES

BUSES

BUSES TRANSPORTED

2016DAILY

ANNUAL ROUTE MILEAGE

1 New York City Department of Education

9,000

8,000 +1,000 10,350

6,500

3,850 10,350

147,160

24,300,000

N ewYork City

2 Clark County School District

1,698 1,752

-54 1,957

947

1,010

0

127,952

23,000,000

L as Vegas

3 Los Angeles Unified School District

1,689

1,760

-71 2,006 1,170

519

706

44,677

12,386,098

L os Angeles

4 Gwinnett County Public Schools

1,636 1,626

+10 1,980

534

1,102

0

129,938

24,000,000

L awrenceville, Georgia

5 School District of Philadelphia*

1,283 1,283

0

1,411

283 1,128

900

38,000

14,700,000

P hiladelphia

6 Chicago Public Schools*

1,271 1,271

0 1,483

400 1,083 1,483

22,182

7,459,768

C hicago

7 Fairfax County Public Schools

1,183 1,178

+5 1,630

496 1,134

0

142,650

17,000,000

F airfax, Virginia

8 Montgomery County Public Schools

1,156 1,150

+6 1,322

1 1,321

0

102,000

20,000,000

R ockville, Maryland

9 Prince George's County Public Schools* 1,084 1,084

0 1,251

23 1,228

4

85,000

19,605,431

U pper Marlboro, Maryland

10 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

1,078 1,052

+26 1,300

0 1,300

0

127,000

20,000,000

C harlotte, North Carolina

11 Houston Independent School District

1,026

862

+164

1,106

36 1,070

0

36,000

n/a

H ouston

12 Broward County Public Schools*

998

998

0 1,248

46 1,202

0

73,000

16,000,000

F ort Lauderdale, Florida

13 Miami-Dade County Public Schools

941

n/a

n/a 1,152

23 1,129

60

54,000

16,000,000

M iami

14 Cobb County School District

935

975

-40 1,171

2 1,169

0

78,000

12,425,000

M arietta, Georgia

15 Milwaukee Public Schools*

903

903

0

940

480

460

940

54,000

14,000,000

M ilwaukee

16 Orange County Public Schools

901

907

-6 1,070

0 1,070

0

69,514

18,300,000

O rlando, Florida

17 Jefferson County Public Schools

900

n/a

n/a 1,213

213 1,000

0

70,000

17,500,000

L ouisville, Kentucky

*Most recent data available

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SCHOOL DISTRICT

ROUTE BUSES 2017

ROUTE BUSES 2016

CHANGE TOTAL

SMALL

LARGE CONTRACTOR STUDENTS

2017 VS. BUSES

BUSES

BUSES

BUSES TRANSPORTED

2016DAILY

ANNUAL ROUTE MILEAGE

18 Hillsborough County Public Schools

883

953

-70 1,330

0 1,330

0

85,000

17,000,000

T ampa, Florida

19 Duval County Public Schools*

870

870

0

960

0

960

960

48,000

9,900,000

J acksonville, Florida

20 DeKalb County School District*

853

853

0

952

256

696

0

65,000

11,000,000

T ucker, Georgia

21 Baltimore County Public Schools*

810

810

0 1,034

0 1,034

135

71,916

14,500,000

B altimore, Maryland

22 School District of Palm Beach County

792

647

+145

853

0

853

0

63,800

12,000,000

W est Palm Beach, Florida

23 Prince William County Schools

780

770

+10

915

260

655

0

61,000

10,500,000

B ristow, Virginia

24 School District of Lee County

778

765

+13

910

203

575

0

50,000

13,000,600

F ort Myers, Florida

25 Fulton County Schools

768

n/a

n/a

965

45

920

0

79,000

12,000,000

A tlanta

26 Cypress-Fairbanks Ind. School District

742

764

-22 1,041

65

976

0

78,166

8,253,388

H ouston

27 Northside Independent School District

705

720

-15

928

25

903

0

62,000

6,600,000

S an Antonio

28 Buffalo City School District*

674

674

0

741

261

413

741

29,200

7,645,000

B uffalo, NewYork

29 Columbus City Schools

648

800

-152

871

98

773

25

44,000

12,380,000

C olumbus, Ohio

30 Virginia Beach City Public Schools

630

743

-113

762

57

705

0

37,962

9,221,543

V irginia Beach, Virginia

31 Guilford County Schools

625

663

-38

690

68

622

68

37,904

9,800,000

G reensboro, North Carolina

32 Union County Educ. Svcs. Commission*

615

615

0

625

580

45

600

4,000

n/a

W estfield, New Jersey

33 Boston Public Schools

610

668

-58

747

485

262

**

30,000

8,500,000

B oston

34 Pittsburgh Public Schools

592

n/a

n/a

818

314

278

592

35,000

n/a

P ittsburgh

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

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ROUTE BUSES 2017

ROUTE BUSES 2016

CHANGE TOTAL

SMALL

LARGE CONTRACTOR STUDENTS

2017 VS. BUSES

BUSES

BUSES

BUSES TRANSPORTED

2016DAILY

ANNUAL ROUTE MILEAGE

35 Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools

561

n/a

n/a

750

79

671

67

45,058

4,118,839

N ashville, Tennessee

36 Chesterfield County Public Schools

524

520

+4

645

0

524

0

45,000

4,500,000

C hesterfield, Virginia

37 Polk County Public Schools

511

n/a

n/a

639

0

511

0

50,000

6,700,000

B artow, Florida

38 Henrico County Public Schools

474

477

-3

622

6

616

0

30,080

8,686,505

R ichmond, Virginia

39 Howard County Public School System

453

453

0

570

126

327

453

40,000

5,500,000

E llicott City, Maryland

40 Cumberland County Schools

436

n/a

n/a

481

0

436

0

25,946

4,667,940

F ayetteville, North Carolina

41 Harford County Public Schools

432

432

0

495

115

380

380

31,558

7,767,074

B el Air, Maryland

42 Katy Independent School District

414

383

+31

661

0

661

0

26,500

4,300,000

K aty, Texas

43 Jefferson County Schools

412

420

-8

516

0

516

0

20,890

4,000,000

B irmingham, Alabama

44 San Diego Unified School District

400

n/a

n/a

520

120

280

0

10,100

6,000,000

S an Diego

44 Austin Independent School District

400

390

+10

513

232

281

0

22,000

5,200,000

A ustin, Texas

44 Mesa Public Schools

400

419

-19

541

n/a

n/a

0

40,000

n/a

M esa, Arizona

47 St. Paul Public Schools

385

330

+55

491

107

278

355

28,000

7,260,000

S t. Paul, Minnesota

48 Conroe Independent School District

384

369

+15

545

110

435

0

39,090

7,374,563

C onroe, Texas

49 Anoka-Hennepin School District

370

360

+10

400

160

210

400

36,000

6,500,000

A noka, Minnesota

50 Greenville County Schools

361

361

0

389

n/a

n/a

0

26,000

5,000,000

G reenville, South Carolina

51 Brevard Public Schools

360

360

0

535

0

535

0

23,000

6,500,000

C ocoa, Florida

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SCHOOL DISTRICT

ROUTE BUSES 2017

ROUTE BUSES 2016

CHANGE TOTAL

SMALL

LARGE CONTRACTOR STUDENTS

2017 VS. BUSES

BUSES

BUSES

BUSES TRANSPORTED

2016DAILY

ANNUAL ROUTE MILEAGE

52 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

358

358

0

404

0

404

0

30,000

6,500,000

W inston-Salem, North Carolina

53 Hemet Unified School District

347

n/a

n/a

408

247

161

37

13,898

5,322,841

H emet, California

53 Frederick County Public Schools

347

343

+4

432

17

330

0

30,000

7,380,874

F rederick, Maryland

55 Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools 336

338

-2

451

0

451

0

26,858

4,676,661

S avannah, Georgia

56 Fort Worth Independent School District

322

n/a

n/a

487

22

465

0

n/a

6,500,000

F ort Worth,Texas

57 Douglas County School District

315

260

+55

438

n/a

n/a

n/a

11,000

n/a

C astle Rock, Colorado

58 Jefferson Parish Public School System

310

n/a

n/a

361

2

359

339

42,000

2,288,991

M arrero, Louisiana

59 St. Lucie Public Schools

306

317

-11

400

0

400

0

23,000

6,000,000

F ort Pierce, Florida

60 Hamilton Southeastern Schools

300

294

+6

303

76

227

0

19,000

2,910,228

F ishers, Indiana

61 Spotsylvania County Public Schools

299

293

+6

365

60

305

0

21,690

3,162,100

S potsylvania, Virginia

62 School District U-46

298

286

+12

351

166

185

0

27,500

4,049,182

E lgin, Illinois

63 Atlanta Public Schools

295

330

-35

422

29

393

0

27,000

4,602,653

A tlanta

64 Coweta County School System

270

287

-17

310

50

270

0

20,000

n/a

N ewnan, Georgia

65 Washoe County School Distirct

269

300

-31

354

14

340

0

20,000

5,000,000

R eno, Nevada

66 Collier County Public Schools

264

n/a

n/a

354

130

224

0

21,000

5,014,654

N aples, Florida

67 Carroll County Public Schools

261

265

-4

320

79

182

255

24,000

5,300,000

W estminster, Maryland

67 Rapides Parish Schools

261

279

-18

324

40

284

0

18,650

1,300,000

A lexandria, Louisiana

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ROUTE BUSES 2017

ROUTE BUSES 2016

CHANGE TOTAL

SMALL

LARGE CONTRACTOR STUDENTS

2017 VS. BUSES

BUSES

BUSES

BUSES TRANSPORTED

2016DAILY

ANNUAL ROUTE MILEAGE

69 Portland Public Schools

260

245

+15

297

178

119

208

8,501

4,240,000

P ortland, Oregon

69 Plano Independent School District

260

210

+50

285

95

190

0

15,000

3,500,000

M cKinney, Texas

71 Central Bucks School District

257

250

+7

357

60

197

200

19,000

4,000,000

D oylestown, Pennsylvania

72 Hanover County Public Schools

256

241

+15

317

5

312

0

15,300

2,200,000

M echanicsville, Virginia

73 Sarasota County Schools

250

300

-50

325

0

325

0

16,500

5,600,000

S arasota, Florida

73 Evergreen Public Schools

250

220

+30

275

9

266

0

11,000

2,280,000

V ancouver, Washington

73 Norfolk Public Schools

250

238

+12

332

11

321

0

11,682

2,240,044

N orfolk, Virginia

76 North East Independent School District

249

295

-46

452

58

380

0

19,000

3,000,000

S an Antonio

77 Lake County Schools

248

n/a

n/a

337

3

334

0

20,200

5,225,000

T avares, Florida

78 Beaverton School District

246

n/a

n/a

309

79

230

n/a

26,792

2,996,000

B eaverton, Oregon

79 Fayette County Public Schools

241

226

+15

285

45

240

0

20,000

3,328,926

L exington, Kentucky

80 Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp.

237

235

+2

289

21

268

57

15,898

1,500,000

E vansville, Indiana

81 Anchorage School District

236

235

+1

292

3

289

177

24,000

3,483,000

A nchorage, Alaska

82 Salem-Keizer Public Schools

223

226

-3

270

23

247

0

20,000

3,000,000

S alem, Oregon

83 Sumner County Schools

206

205

+1

237

0

237

0

18,750

2,400,000

G allatin, Tennessee

84 Greece Central School District

205

n/a

n/a

225

74

139

12

10,400

2,500,000

R ochester, NewYork

85 San Francisco Unified School District

200

n/a

n/a

240

165

35

240

4,000

n/a

S an Francisco

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ROUTE BUSES 2017

ROUTE BUSES 2016

CHANGE TOTAL

SMALL

LARGE CONTRACTOR STUDENTS

2017 VS. BUSES

BUSES

BUSES

BUSES TRANSPORTED

2016DAILY

ANNUAL ROUTE MILEAGE

85 Fort Wayne Community Schools

200

251

-51

300

67

130

0

15,000

3,018,000

F ort Wayne, Indiana

85 Comal Independent School District

200

n/a

n/a

260

10

250

0

9,500

3,330,000

N ew Braunfels,Texas

88 Davis School District

195

n/a

n/a

260

5

190

0

20,000

2,449,178

F armington, Utah

88 Arlington Independent School District

195

n/a

n/a

245

110

135

n/a

12,406

2,650,000

A rlington, Texas

90 Rockingham County Public Schools

194

208

-14

267

4

263

0

7,376

1,751,519

F ulks Run, Virginia

91 Warren County Public Schools

190

192

-2

230

1

229

0

10,000

2,600,000

B owling Green, Kentucky

92 Elk Grove Unified School District

185

157

+28

200

115

70

0

6,980

4,637,000

E lk Grove, California

92 Jordan School District

185

172

+13

260

10

250

0

7,500

2,000,000

W est Jordan, Utah

94 Osseo Area Schools

183

186

-3

201

99

84

201

14,500

3,500,000

M aple Grove, Minnesota

95 San Antonio Independent School District

180

n/a

n/a

265

0

265

0

7,970

2,147,066

S an Antonio

96 Shenendehowa Central School District

179

176

+3

213

43

170

0

10,350

2,150,000

C lifton Park, NewYork

97 Newton County Schools

170

178

-8

210

42

128

0

11,970

2,995,708

C ovington, Georgia

98 Kanawha County Schools

158

158

0

194

0

120

0

24,761

3,375,213

C harleston, West Virginia

99 Suffolk Public Schools

150

n/a

n/a

180

10

170

0

11,000

2,614,515

S uffolk, Virginia

100 Wilson County Schools Lebanon, Tennessee

137

n/a

n/a

183

5

132

0

12,200

1,372,320

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