Lakes Area School Districts Rate High After School Bus Inspections

Friday, June 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM

By Scott McCaulley @smcckc

The Missouri State Highway Patrol releases the results of their annual inspection of school busses throughout the state.

According to the release from the patrol, a total of 262 Missouri school districts earned the Patrol’s Total Fleet Excellence award for 2024. 10 of those districts are in the region with an additional four districts scoring 90% or better.

The patrol inspected a total of 11,360 school buses in school districts throughout the state.

Buses found to have defects are required to be repaired within 10 days while buses placed out-of-service require correction and reinspection before being returned to service according to the report.

Below are the numbers for all School Districts in Stone and Taney Counties plus selected districts in nearby areas:

District Number of Busses % Approved % Defective % Out of Service

Aurora 26 96.2% 3.8% 0.0%
Ava 32 56.2% 15.6% 28.1%
Billings 6 50.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Blue Eye 11 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Bradleyville 8 75.0% 0.0% 25.0%
Branson 63 93.7% 3.2% 3.2%
Cassville 31 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Chadwick 9 88.9% 0.0% 11.1%
Clever 15 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Crane 11 72.7% 9.1% 18.2%
Forsyth 21 90.5% 9.5% 0.0%
Gainesville 16 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Galena 19 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hollister 30 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hurley 5 40.0% 20.0% 40.0%
Kirbyville 8 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Lutie 5 80.0% 20.0% 0.0%
Mark Twain 3 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Monett 25 84.0% 8.0% 8.0%
Nixa 48 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Ozark 60 91.7% 5.0% 3.3%
Purdy 9 88.9% 1.1% 0.0%
Reeds Spring 34 85.3% 5.9% 8.8%
Shell Knob 7 85.7% 14.3% 0.0%
Sparta 13 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Spokane 12 83.3% 8.3% 8.3%
Taneyville 4 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Verona 5 80.0% 20.0% 0.0%

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