MID-MISSOURI - The Missouri Highway State Patrol inspected 12,333 school buses over a four month period this spring.
The results indicate that Missouri's school buses are generally in good condition with 89% of the buses passing the inspections. Overall, 9% of the school buses had some kind of defect that didn't pose immediate danger and 2% had problems that needed to be repaired immediately. The buses with a defect that didn't pose immediate danger were allowed to continue operating, but had to be repaired within 10 days.
Mid-Missouri is generally doing better than the rest of the state. Overall, 92% of Columbia's buses are in good condition, 98% of Jefferson City's buses are in good condition, and 100% of Fulton's 34 buses are in good condition.
Below are the results of some of the largest school districts in Mid-Missouri:
Columbia (157 buses)
Good condition: 92.3%
Defects: 5.73%
Out of Service: 1.9%
Jefferson City (69 buses)
Good condition: 98.5%
Defects: 1.5%
Out of Service: 0%
Fulton (34 buses)
Good condition: 100%
Southern Boone (17 buses)
Good condition: 88%
Defects: 0%
Out of Service: 11.7%
Mexico 59 (26 buses)
Good condition: 100%
Osage R2 (15 buses)
Good condition: 86.5%
Defects: 0%
Out of Service: 13%
Fayette R3 (13 buses)
Good Condition: 84%
Defects: 7.7%
Out of Service: 7.7%
Booneville (17 buses)
Good condition: 70%
Defects: 17.6%
Out of Service: 11.7%
Sedalia 200 (42 buses)
Good condition: 95%
Defects: 0%
Out of Service: 4.7%
Moberly (20 buses)
Good condition: 100%
Westran R1 (15 buses)
Good condition: 86.7%
Defects: 13.3%
Out of Service: 0%
Maries R2 (16 buses)
Good condition: 68.7%
Defects: 31.3%
Out of Service: 0%
Eldon R1 (32 buses)
Good condition: 100%
Morgan County R2 (Versailles) (29 buses)
Good condition: 100%
School of the Osage R2 (31 buses)
Good condition: 100%
Tipton R6 (9 buses)
Good condition: 100%
Salisbury R4 (12 buses)
Good condition: 50%
Defects: 41.7%
Out of Service: 8.3%
Monroe City (12 buses)
Good condition: 100%
Marshall (31 buses)
Good condition: 83.9%
Defects: 0%
Out of Service: 16.1%
MontgomeryR2 (27 buses)
Good condition: 85.2%
Defects: 14.8%
Gasconade R2 (37 buses)
Good condition: 100%
School Districts with above 90% buses in good conditions are rewarded a Total Fleet Excellence Awards which they can put on the side of their school buses.