Best School Transportation Software in the USA
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What is School Transportation Software in the USA?
School transportation software is a specialized system for managing student transit operations—such as bus routing, student pickup/drop-off tracking, fleet maintenance, and parent communication—in K-12 and higher-education environments. It helps school districts, contractors, and bus fleets plan efficient routes, assign students to stops, track vehicles in real time, and communicate schedules and delays to families. Many platforms integrate with GPS/telemetry, student information systems (SIS), fleet maintenance modules, and mobile apps for drivers or parents. The software enhances safety, optimizes cost and resource use (e.g., number of buses, driver hours), and improves transparency for students, parents, and administrators. By automating manual routing, tracking, and reporting tasks, student transport software supports both operational efficiency and student-safety goals. Compare and read user reviews of the best School Transportation software in the USA currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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Classter
Vertitech
It’s time we keep school management simple. With the only all-in-one Student Information, School, and Learning Management System on the market, Classter takes the chaos out of your daily operations. Admissions? Done. Attendance? Handled. Communication? Smooth as ever. We know every school is different, which is why Classter adapts to fit your needs—whether you’re running a small K12 school or a bustling university. No more jumping between systems. Everything you need is right here, so you can focus on what really matters: supporting students and building a thriving learning environment.Starting Price: €4.5/student -
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MySchool SIS
MySchool ltd
MySchool, designed for K12 schools is ultra flexible, configurable and built to support your school’s education model. Our modern UI is fresh and easy to use and our powerful communication suite facilitates effective interaction across your entire school community. MySchool has it all. Admissions, assessments, scheduling, attendance, billing, LMS & much, much more as well as Integrating with many popular school systems. MySchool works on Windows, Apple, chrome, safari, desktop, mobile, tablet.Starting Price: $20.00/year/user -
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Lynx
Lynx Software
Efficiently streamline your school bus route planning and information management. Save money with improved route efficiency and streamlined operations. Efficiently manage your fleet, drivers, students and routes. Get 24/7 live technical support from anywhere, anytime. Lynx empowers your transport department by providing multiple features to keep up with your school transport needs. Get control of your bus routing data. Easily update student information to any of your bus routes. View multiple routes at one time, set specific parameters in real-time and more. Track and monitor your vehicles plus keep track of fleet maintenance, all in real-time. Easily create customized reports to comply with transportation regulations and requirements. Easily view, map or export all of your rider pickups, special needs riders and group stops in one place.Starting Price: $1,895 -
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Dossier Fleet Maintenance Software
Dossier Systems
The fleet maintenance software of choice of over 4,000 private, for-hire and public fleets, Dossier lowers costs and downtime by automating control of your fleet's records, PM scheduling, repair orders and histories, fuel costs and MPG, cost control with cost per mile/hr, parts inventory control w/ auto reordering, work pending and campaign mgmt., budget mgmt., warranty mgmt., tire mgmt., vendor & labor control, license/permit renewals, driver control, fleet benchmarking, VMRS codes & more.Starting Price: $1500.00/one-time/user -
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CalAmp
CalAmp
From UX to platform to edge devices, we take care of everything, so you can keep things moving efficiently! The CalAmp Telematics Cloud is a dependable secure platform that is a solid foundation for your telematics needs. We provide telematics capabilities and best practices that adapt to your processes and integrate into your systems. Whether using one of our purpose-built applications or leveraging the underlying power of the CalAmp Telematics Platform, we provide flexibility to fit into your organization’s needs. From applications to platforms to edge devices, CalAmp’s solutions are built so you can trust them to always support your business. Fully redundant with built-in autoscaling capabilities you can ”dial-up” the level of availability that meets your business’ needs. Your telematics information is critical to your systems and how you do business. CalAmp’s enterprise-grade solutions are used worldwide and can scale to meet your needs, both today and tomorrow.Starting Price: N/A -
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SkoolApp
SkoolApp
SkoolApp is a comprehensive School Management Software which works through the Web and Mobile App. It offers tremendous benefits for School, Teachers, Parents, and Students, with seamless communication that is Current, in Real-time, Secure, stored on the Cloud and can be accessed Any time, Anywhere, On the Go. Some key features like Smart Study, Fee and expense management system, Attendance management system, School bus tracking system, School Management System and all round communications, have huge benefits for Schools, Parents and Students. In addition to Schools and other Educational Institutions, SkoolApp provides its complete solution to Coaching centers, Day care centers, Alumni club, Sports school and Sports clubs. SkoolApp is easy to set up and use. This comprehensive School Management system helps automate everyday operations and brings you up to the new digital era.Starting Price: $4 per year -
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School Bus Manager
School Bus Manager
School Bus Manager is the simplest school bus routing program on the market today. No more building routes by hand. No more typing addresses into google or map quest. School Bus Manager is a SIMPLE and intuitive bus routing solution that is designed for all skill levels so you’ll be up and running quickly. It’s web-based so it requires no installation. It’s fully compatible with both PC and Mac. It backs itself up daily. It’s always on the latest version, and you won’t need any IT guys to run it. School Bus Manager eliminates the need for routing buses by hand, streamlining your transportation operation. It pays for itself saving you money, time and errors, while increasing your profitability and efficiency. Requiring no big upfront investment our pricing is designed to suit any size district or operation.Starting Price: $99 per month -
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Busology
Busology Tech
Busology's K-12 transportation suite includes: a unique multi-term calendar interface, vehicle and student tracking, tracking apps for parents, field trip management, operations, asset management and more! Calendar-based scheduling is easy to use and helps to build the safest and most cost-efficient runs. Student and driver information, schedule data and trip details are always on hand to keep you in the loop. Monitor location of buses and students on a live map to ensure that everyone is where they’re supposed to be. Letting families know precisely when their bus will arrive at their bus stop eliminating the need to call Transportation. -
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RouteABus
Citygate GIS
Citygate provides the routeabus.com and edutecha.com web portals for support of Bus routing and school planning. Routeabus.com is the first true web based school bus routing portal. The website allows users to upload facilities and student addresses, then use the system's tools to create optimized bus routes. There is no need for desktop software or data. Edutecha.com is designed to support school districts in performing student projections and redistricting. The system's online tools allow creation of school boundaries and acceptance of public comments through a Google Map based interface. routeAbus includes, geocoding tools, a routing engine and access to the nation-wide road database. Users can perform all functions required to load school locations, stops and students. The system provides tools for creating bus stops, bus routes and assignment of student. routeAbus, is the first of its kind web portal designed to provide geocoding and routing capability for school bus routing. -
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BusRight
BusRight
Collaborate with school districts to plan, track, and update routes while enhancing the driver experience through turn-by-turn navigation and seamless driver scheduling. Enhance student safety, streamline bus communication, and manage routes at the touch of a button. We collaborate with educators, families, and bus companies to ensure your community’s kids get to and from school safely. Establish the same level of safety, communication, and timeliness you have created on school grounds and apply it to every student’s school bus. Real-time GPS and transportation updates that bring you peace of mind. Instead of working with multiple vendors to tackle routing, GPS, and parent communication, BusRight provides one centralized platform to get the job done. Build and adjust routes, track ETA, and more, all in one secure platform. With our push notification feature, keep your community of parents, bus operators, and schools in the loop by communicating any changes that come your way.Starting Price: Free -
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BusPlanner
BusPlanner
BusPlanner is the trusted all-in-one student transportation platform for school districts across North America. For decades, districts such as Miami-Dade (300,000+ students), Gwinnett County (180,000+ students), and Toronto District School Board (230,000+ students) have relied on BusPlanner to deliver safe, efficient, and cost-effective transportation. By streamlining complex logistics, BusPlanner helps transportation teams save tens of millions of dollars and thousands of staff hours every year. Our software is a comprehensive transportation solution that combines industry-leading routing with a complete GPS toolkit. Together, these tools provide districts with everything they need to manage routing, dispatch, field trips, parent communication, fleet management, ridership tracking, tablets, and many other capabilities — all in one seamless system. With BusPlanner, transportation teams save time, reduce costs, and deliver safer, more reliable service. -
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KangRouter
TheSolvingMachine
KangRouter boosts personalized transport by keeping transport requests and fleet/driver resources always up-to-date and well organized, by using state-of-the-art artificial intelligence to plan cost-effective operations, and by enabling monitoring and quickly reacting during operation execution. A personalized transport business is faced, on a daily basis, with a a set of requests it must satisfy, each requiring the transport of one or more passengers between a specific origin and destination, commonly with fixed pickup/dropoff time windows, and other personal transport requirements. Each transport request requires resources from the personalized transport business, namely a driver and capacity in a shared vehicle. Each vehicle/driver availability is also subject to specific constraints, such as fixed work time windows, or maximum work duration. -
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Bus Master
Accent Pro Data
Our company name is now Accent Pro Data, developers of Bus Master - Student Transportation Software. We have changed our company name to more reflect our services. Also, our new phone number is 913.602.8378. Please make a note of this new information. All the same great software, all the same great service and all the same great people here ready to serve! Bus Master Student Transportation Software is a complete transportation package for Pupil Transportation Professionals, that is powerful, affordable and easy to use. Installed in 32 states and Canada, Bus Master is steadily becoming the standard for School Districts, Head Start Programs and Contract Transportation. Bus Master is a comprehensive package that is powerful, user-friendly and most of all, affordable! When your operation optimizes the power of Bus Master, it's like having an expensive transportation consultant at your fingertips without the excessive charges.Starting Price: $3,500 one-time payment -
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Versatrans
Tyler Technologies
For more than 30 years, we have built the most intuitive, innovative, and efficient transportation management solution for school districts of all sizes across the country. Versatrans Routing & Planning™ is the standard for flexible, easy-to-use school bus routing and district planning software. Reduce workload and help reduce costs without decreasing service. Routing & Planning's rich features and versatility make it an essential tool for school bus routing, and boundary planning and redistricting. -
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TrackSchoolBus
Edsys
Transport Managers and school administrators have various tasks including student safety, addressing parent concerns, school bus routing, allocation and optimization. The TrackSchoolBus solution for schools makes all of these tasks easier with intelligent management tools, communication and reporting facilities. This solution is for governing bodies which deal with large scale school bus tracking implementation involving multiple schools & providers. It includes all features of our software for Transport Providers & more. Key concerns like policy implementation, field trips, extracurricular activities, student conduct are addressed in this solution. Our software for Transport Providers or contractors addresses key pain points such as bus fare collection, unplanned trips, routing, ensuring driver productivity and more. -
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busHive
busHive
busHive® is an industry leader in transportation management software. We specialize in trip and charter management, personnel and driver compliance, and vehicle preventative maintenance. In 1997 busHive, then known as Easybus began as a program with three screens that a mechanic with no computer experience could navigate. Both the company and the product were branded to convey this simplicity. Little did we dream that this simple system would blossom into a sophisticated software platform for tracking virtually all aspects of transportation for both school bus and motorcoach operations including personnel training and charters. We are proud of the reputation that not only our software but also our people have earned since then, however in 2015 we decided to update the brand so that it captures the scaled elegance that our software offers to bus operators of all kinds. In this spirit, effective July 1, 2015 our company and our single flagship software. -
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SmartBus
Uffizio
Priority of every school management is to provide better safety and security to the student while they are commuting from school to home and home to school. For this reason, it is important for schools to invest in a sound and secure transport management system. SmartBus, the best school bus tracking software which is divided into three parts: Parents, Driver, and School Management. It also works as a school bus management system where student safety is our main concern. Alert notification is available where you can easily manage all the activities related to scheduling, rescheduling, managing routes and pick up & drop location. -
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Ratality
Ratality
Ratality is the only software solution where you can manage your entire bus, coach, and vehicle rental companies from a single cloud-based platform. Manage your operations more efficiently, increase sales through our intuitive reservations & ticketing system whilst our revenue management and dynamic pricing functionalities will automatically adjust rates based on forecasted demand and user-defined business rules. Increase customer loyalty via our build-in loyalty and communications platform. We're the first transport management software solutions company to offer dynamic forecasting and revenue management for the bus and coach industry. We offer dynamic pricing as standard in our core bus & coach management system. We do not charge any commissions on any sales done; whether it's internal sales or through a sales channel. Ratality was formed by specialists in the revenue management, loyalty, and business process and optimization management fields. -
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Via
Via
Our technology enables partners to create end-to-end transit systems, from planning better networks and streets to operating efficient public transit and student transportation. Connect riders who live and work far from public transit, bringing convenient and accessible transportation to areas that need it most. Improve the rider experience with booking apps and customizable configurations to meet every rider's need, including wheelchair-accessible vehicles, door-to-door service, and more. Upgrade or replace outdated services to provide outstanding transportation to riders of all abilities while meeting regulatory requirements. Reduce costs by managing a demand-responsive vehicle fleet with an end-to-end platform that scales with you, and a unified operations center for fleet management and shift planning. -
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EZTransportation
TransAct
Introducing EZTransportation, a modern, comprehensive transportation management platform designed specifically for K-12 school districts. With EZTransportation, you can efficiently and effectively manage your transportation program, planning and scheduling, daily route management, school and parent communication, fleet maintenance, activity trip coordination, and more, all from within a single integrated platform, enabling your team to prioritize student safety, streamline their day-to-day operations, and enhance driver retention. Experience the convenience of our cloud-based software, accessible on your smartphone, tablet, desktop, or laptop. Our one-of-a-kind transportation management platform provides a comprehensive, user-friendly solution to your routing, activity trip, driver management, fleet maintenance, and dispatch needs. Streamline your daily operations, enhance student safety, and increase driver retention effortlessly. -
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EZRouting
TransAct
EZRouting, a core product within our transportation management platform, is your answer to efficient route management. With our school bus routing software, you can auto-generate optimized routes using AI, enabling you to swiftly adapt to changes, save time and fuel, and efficiently respond to driver shortages. Our cloud-based software is available on your smartphone, tablet, desktop, or laptop. Revolutionize your routing processes with EZRouting. GPS capabilities enable real-time tracking of buses regardless of where they are. Drivers have audiovisual or audio-only turn-by-turn route directions at their fingertips. They can also easily check students on and off the bus, ensuring the right students board the right buses at the correct stops. Districts can customize driver directions within EZRouting and then push them to the tablets. -
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WebPrint
Webprint
WEBPRINT School Management Software is an exclusive web-based user-friendly school ERP software for the next generation of educational institutions, Schools and Colleges. It is multipurpose software to conveniently manage and run almost all activities of an educational institution. Webprint includes School admission management software, Library management software, School inventory software, School attendance management Software, School HR management software, School transport management software, School timetable management software, All types of User Management software etc. A multipurpose school management software & student information system used by educational institutions worldwide Our system is designed to manage students, teachers, employees, courses, fees and all other processes related to running of your institution efficiently. The pricing is also suitable to all pockets and the day to day handling also does not require any special technical knowledge.Starting Price: $1500.00/one-time -
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EDULOG
Education Logistics
School bus routing, GPS fleet tracking, student ridership, driver management, parent communication apps, and powerful reporting on one platform that emphasizes accuracy, efficiency, and safety. Introducing a cloud-based routing management solution designed for school districts of any size. Perform, plan, communicate, and manage all daily and long-term busing activities with intuitive, easy-to-use workspaces customized for each user and role. Quickly act upon changing circumstances and know with certainty what buses are doing at all times. Athena's intuitive interface lets you work graphically on your customizable maps or with a spreadsheet and form style interface to ensure that your workflow is comfortable and familiar. Easily select and assign multiple students to stops, quickly assign stops to runs, and do it all right from your map. Performing your most common routing tasks is simple. -
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GIS Routing
Gecko Microsolutions
Transportation Operations Manager (T.O.M.) GIS Routing is a full function routing, mapping and boundary analysis software product. T.O.M. GIS Routing is a new breed of school transportation routing products that bring GIS technology to school districts. Unlike most traditional routing products T.O.M. GIS Routing does not use a proprietary mapping tool. Instead T.O.M. was built to use the industry standard GIS mapping tool; ESRIs ArcView which STN Magazine called the de facto industry standard. By using ArcView T.O.M. GIS Routing allows you to obtain a detailed GIS enabled street map for you school district from a variety of sources. Many times you may even be able to obtain a FREE GIS street map of your school district from your local city or county. No longer do you have to pay your routing software company to create and maintain a computer street map of your school district. -
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BusBoss
Orbit Software
Orbit Software's BusBoss transportation management system helps ensure that every kid gets home safely. Our school bus routing software and GPS tracking solution is accurate and easy to use. Each of us has a unique role in school transportation, and that role comes with special demands. BusBoss can help you meet those demands with tailored solutions that help you satisfy all stakeholders. Choose the role that most closely fits yours to get started. Don't limit yourself to only being able to manage your to and from home routes. BusBoss allows you to assign unlimited routes for split custody students, students attending half day tech schools, students riding multiple buses to get to their final destination and any type of alternate routes for special circumstances such as early dismissals and total school evacuations without affecting their regular routes. -
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vMax Compass
Seon
With vMax Compass you can! More than just school bus routing software, vMax Compass, based on routing software from US Computing Inc., is an all-in-one, truly web-based solution for school transportation management. vMax Compass offers tight integration with routing, vehicle tracking, student tracking, and vehicle data status, such as stop arm deployment, DVR Health-Check, and panic alarms, all in one web-based interface, from any Internet connected device. Other software packages claim to have ‘web access’, but all the other routing solutions on the market require specialized software to be installed for full functionality. With vMax Compass there is no software to install or servers to maintain. Simply log in via any web browser to plan safe and efficient routes, and track students & vehicles in real-time. -
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Student Security System
Al Rifaa Information Technology
This is a smart identification system, which defines an efficient procedure for Student Management Solution considering the prime application of tracking, attendance, parental alerts, school bus management etc.The system is completely automated while technically working on cloud based storage with GSM/GPRS networks for data transmission. The entire system is very easy to install with a couple of communication devices and smart cards, where rest everything is controlled and managed by the Transight Cloud. The system will consist of MIFARE Identity Cards, Radio Frequency Card Reader and GNSS/GPS Transight Modems and the Transight Cloud where everything is managed and controlled over the air. Radio Frequency Card Readers will be installed in the school bus doorways, each student and tag their smart card while entry and exit. This data will be instantly sent to the Transight Cloud by the GNSS/GPS Transight Modems along with the bus information and location details. -
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NeoTrack
NeoSay Technologies and Solutions
Our unique tracking and routing solutions ensure a safe, quick & convenient commute for the passengers along with increasing profitability for the vehicle operators & management. Attendance logged & notified while boarding / de-boarding along with authorized child handover. Automotive-grade CCTV cameras for live monitoring inside the bus. Parents can track & monitor the precise location of the school bus. Alerts are sent to parents 10 minutes before the school bus reaches the pick-up or drop point. Real-time app notifications when a kid is picked up or dropped in school. Precise tracking of the school bus enables parents to plan their time efficiently. NeoTrack's easy user interface offers multiple language support and adaptability across different OS platforms.Immediate alerts are sent to the school management when there is any deviation from the expected behaviors. Speed limit breach, distance limit breach, unauthorized vehicle movement, route changes or delays. -
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Routefinder Pro
Transfinder
Routefinder Pro is one of the easiest and most intuitive methodologies for school bus routing, scheduling, and planning for school transportation management. You can select a geographic area or an entire trip to automatically modify stop sequences based on time or distance. You also can generate two alternative ways to run a trip, either by fastest time or shortest distance, to determine which option is best. In addition, you can select any number of approved stops, or any map points, including students’ pick up and drop off locations, in a geographic area to create a new trip and automatically sequence it based on optimal time or distance. Comprehensive data enable you to compare actual trip and student transportation information in relation to district policies. For example, you can determine where student transportation deviates from district policies, such as the walk-to-stop policy, or ride time policy. -
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Chakraview
Chakraview Solutions
Enhance student safety, streamline bus communication, and manage routes at the touch of a button. We collaborate with educators, bus companies and parents to ensure kids reach school and back home safely. Establish the same level of safety, communication, and timeliness for your school buses like you have created for the school premises. Real time GPS and transportation updates that bring you peace of mind. Collaborate with bus operators to plan, track, and update routes while enhancing the driver experience through turn by turn navigation and seamless driver scheduling.