Transportation Facts
Lowndes County Schools' bus fleet ranges in age from 1993-2017 models. We have 120 buses in transit each morning and afternoon, and 35 buses are used as needed when other buses are being repaired. The Transportation Department is also responsible for support vehicles, and we have 65 in this fleet.
Total number of buses owned |
155 |
Buses with air conditioning |
90 |
Full-time employees |
150 (120 drivers, 16 monitors, 4 full-time sub drivers, and 5 office staff members) |
Substitute drivers |
25 |
Regular education drivers |
101 |
Special needs drivers |
16 |
Special needs monitors |
16 |
CPES drivers |
3 |
number of field trips driven each year (approximate) |
900 |
Approximate number of miles driven each day |
7,500 (1.5 million per year) |
Students transported daily |
7,000 |
Gallons of diesel used yearly |
255,000 |
Gallons of gas used yearly |
30,000 |