Two Texas County school districts received perfect scores during the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s annual bus inspection, the agency said.
They are Summersville and Plato. Among them, they maintain 24 buses.
At Houston, 12 of its 17-bus fleet were approved. Three were deemed defective, two are out of service. Fifteen were approved at Licking; one was deemed defective and one out of service. At Cabool, 15 of its 16 buses were approved. One was deemed defective.
Success and Raymondville each maintain four buses. At Success, three were approved and one was deemed defective. At Raymondville, one was approved, one was deemed defective and one is out of service.
Missouri’s 2025 school bus inspection results show:
- School buses rated as “approved” upon initial inspection – 10,144
- School buses rated as “defective” upon initial inspection – 799
- School buses rated as “out-of-service” upon initial inspection – 312
Buses with identified defective components require repair within 10 days. Buses placed out-of-service require the correction of the component(s), reinspection and a return to service by Patrol personnel prior to further usage in transporting passengers.
A total of 297 Missouri school districts earned the Patrol’s Total Fleet Excellence award for 2025. During the 2024-2025 school year, 6,782 buses in these award-winning fleets are eligible to display the Patrol’s Total Fleet Excellence sticker in the lower corner of the first window on the passenger entry side of the bus.
“Missouri State Highway Patrol personnel, with the cooperation of pupil transportation professionals, completed the successful inspection of 11,255 school buses in accordance with Missouri revised state statutes,” said Col. Turner. “These efforts help the Patrol, Missouri schools and private pupil transportation companies ensure schoolchildren are safe while they travel on school buses.”
Missouri school bus inspection results are a matter of public record. Individual school district results for 2025 are available at https://tinyurl.com/2bwuef9a.
School bus inspection criteria, including Missouri State Highway Patrol out-of-service criteria are available at https://tinyurl.com/ytbwhk4e.
