More Info CGCS cost per student More Info CGCS total annual miles per student transported More Info Buffalo average students per bus More Info gallons per rider

Our district has participated in a national study sponsored by the Council of the Great City Schools to benchmark the non-instructional operations of the major urban schools districts of our country. Below are some specific Key Performance Indicators for the Buffalo schools. The sub folders at the left contain further information on this project including various reports and presentations.

Here is a quick look at some of our 09-10 year opening KPIs:

category    9-12-09 data
total busses    627
total runs    2,048
total rides    52,406
live run minutes    82,513
live run miles    20,518
   
KPI    9-12-09 data
rides per run    26
rides per bus    84
live minutes per run    40
live miles per run    10
runs per bus    3.266

Major benchmarks at the time of our startup for the 08-09 school year (pdf file - 14kb)

How Buffalo compares to its peers for the cost per student transported on yellow bus (pdf file - 16kb)

Total annual miles per student (pdf file - 24kb)

Gallons per yellow bus rider (pdf file - 10kb)
This chart shows the average number of gallons of fuel (diesel) Buffalo uses to transport each student on the yellow busses

BPS walkers vs bussed students per school as of 11-13-08 (pdf file - 9kb)

This chart shows the average loading of the school busses for the Buffalo Public Schools (pdf file - 18kb)

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• The Council of the Great City Schools web site