First Student Transports Millions of Children Daily on the Largest School Bus Fleet

First Student – Quick Facts

  • First Student drives more students to school each day than the daily average number of passengers on ALL U.S. commercial airlines combined. (Source: FAA)
  • We are the leading school bus operator in the United States and Canada with a fleet of approximately 60,000 buses.
  • Every school day First Student safely and securely carries 6 million students to and from school across the country.
  • First Student buses drive over 600 million miles per year which equals traveling to the moon and back over 1200 times.
  • We operate in 42 states and 8 Canadian provinces.
  • We operate 650 locations in the U.S.
  • We are the first school bus company to utilize Zonar, a nationwide computerized safety, security and productivity system.
  • Each year we invest millions in driver training. Every driver goes through extensive annual safety and security training.