School bus contractor
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A school bus contractor is a private company or proprietorship which provides school bus service to a school district or non-public school. Of 450,000 school buses operating in the United States, it is estimated that approximately 39% are operated by school bus contractors. In Canada (with some still operated by the school boards) and the United Kingdom, almost all school transportation is performed by contractors.
A school bus contractor may range in size from an operator with a single bus to a small company serving a single school or district, to a large multi-national company with as many as 40,000 buses of school bus yellow.
Major school bus contractors in the United States and Canada include Atlantic Express, First Student (and its merger partner, Laidlaw), Durham School Services, and Student Transportation of America.
