MSHP releases bus inspection results

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- The Missouri State Highway Patrol released the results of its 2025 school bus inspections. Most the school districts received high ratings.

The patrol listed individual school districts by number of buses inspected, the percentage of those buses that were approved, the percentage that were defective, and those that were out of service.

St. Joseph School District, with the largest fleet of buses in northwest Missouri, had 83 buses inspected and 95.2 percent (79 buses) were approved by MHP inspectors. Four buses were found to have defects.

Savannah R-III district had 33 vehicles inspected and 90.9 percent were approved with 9.1 percent found defective.

Mid-Buchanan School District was the only district in our area to receive a perfect score. Inspectors looked at 14 buses and approved all 14.

Ratings for other districts included:

• North Platte, 14 inspected, 78.6 percent approved.

• East Buchanan, 11 inspected, 72.7 approved.

• Buchanan Co. R-IV (Dekalb), five buses inspected, 80 percent approved.

• Stewartsville, five buses inspected, 80 percent approved.