2025 School District Fleets Survey Question Title * 1. Fleet and Follow-up Info:(NOTE: Your contact information will be kept confidential and not published in correspondence to your survey answers. We are asking it so a SBF editor may contact you for clarification or as a follow up to your answers if needed. A list of the 25 largest school districts by fleet size will be published noting rank, district name, fleet size, students transported, and route mileage.) Your district's total number of school buses (including spares and contractor buses)? How many of the total buses are used in daily route operation? How many of the total buses are operated by contractors? District name: District state: Your title: Your name: Your email address: Your phone number: OK Question Title * 2. How many students does your district transport daily (counting each student only once even if they ride both ways)? OK Question Title * 3. What is your district's approximate annual route mileage? Annual Route Mileage OK Question Title * 4. What is the starting hourly pay for your school bus drivers? (If salaried or paid by day or by route, please estimate the hourly equivalent or skip this question) OK Question Title * 5. Compared to last school year, is the starting hourly pay for your school bus drivers ... Higher Same Lower OK Question Title * 6. How many drivers are currently employed by your district? OK Question Title * 7. How would you describe your degree of school bus driver shortage strain, if any? None (0% short of drivers) Mild (1-5% short) Moderate (6-10% short) Severe (11-15% short) Desperate (16%+ short) OK Question Title * 8. Has your district altered bell schedules due to driver shortages? Yes No Don't know/Not sure OK Question Title * 9. Do your school bus drivers belong to a labor union? Yes No OK Question Title * 10. If you are the director of transportation (or similar title) for your district, what is your annual salary? (Will be kept confidential — only used for averages.) Annual Salary (no dollar sign needed) OK Question Title * 11. How will your district's level of school bus service for the 2025-26 school year compare to last school year? Increased Same Reduced It's complicated (please explain) OK Question Title * 12. Did your district purchase new school buses for the 2025-26 school year? Yes No OK SAVE AND GO TO NEXT PG >>
