Metro owns 652 school buses and operates 589 buses daily.

Metro transports approximately 45,000 students, twice a day, equaling 15,660,000
boardings and deboardings annually.

Approximately 65% of all K-12 students in Metro Davidson County ride yellow school
buses at some point during each school year.

Metro spends an average of $386 per regular ed child for transportation annually,
which is lower than the national average.

Metro spends an average of $2,334 per special needs child for transportation
annually, which is lower than the national average.

Metro school buses travel 5,022,370 route miles each school year, which is the
equivalent of driving around the circumference of the earth 209 times.

Metro school buses service approximately 2,400 field trips, 1100 Encore trips, 1500
Transition trips, and 2,800 evening program trips.

Metro runs an additional 273,000 field trip, encore, transition, and evening program
miles per year, which is the equivalent of driving around the circumference of the
earth an additional 11 times.

Metro will purchase and use approximately 750,000 gallons of diesel fuel and
approximately 450,000 gallons of unleaded fuel annually.

Metro Nashville Public Schools was recently recognized as on of the 50 Great Fleets
of America;

Metro Nashville Public Schools owns and operates the 29th largest pupil
transportation department in United States.

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We are committed to making the transportation process as simple as possible for
our students and their parents.

If you can’t find what you’re looking for on our website, please contact our Customer Service Center at 615-259-INFO (259-4636)