Missouri Highway Patrol Releases 2025 School Bus Inspection Results

Park Hills, Mo. (KFMO) - The Missouri State Highway Patrol has completed its 2025 Annual School Bus Inspections, ensuring that buses used to transport students meet critical safety standards. The inspections assess the mechanical condition of each bus, requiring repairs for any defects and mandatory reinspections for buses placed out-of-service.

Buses identified with defective components must be repaired within 10 days. Any bus placed out-of-service due to safety concerns cannot return to the road until the issue is corrected and verified by Patrol personnel.

Here are the inspection results for area school districts:

• Bismarck R-V: 8 buses inspected; 87.5% approved, 12.5% defective, 0% out-of-service
• Farmington R-VII: 38 buses inspected; 100% approved
• North St. Francois County R-I: 37 buses inspected; 94.6% approved, 2.7% defective, 2.7% out-of-service
• Central R-III: 23 buses inspected; 60.9% approved, 34.8% defective, 4.3% out-of-service
• West St. Francois County R-IV: 17 buses inspected; 100% approved
• Special Acres State School #15: 9 buses inspected; 100% approved

The Farmington, West County, and Special Acres school districts earned perfect scores, with all buses passing inspection on the first review. Central R-III showed the highest percentage of defective buses at 34.8%, with one bus taken out-of-service.

The annual inspection program helps ensure the continued safety of Missouri’s schoolchildren by maintaining high transportation standards across the state.