Live GPS tracking
Every bus on one live map, refreshing about every 20 seconds. A unit that goes dark is flagged within five minutes.
School transportation management software
Every school bus, every route,
Every school bus, every route,
on one live map.
mySchoolBus is all-in-one school bus tracking and transportation software for operators: live GPS, route planning, fleet and driver management, and the parent notifications that stop the "where's the bus?" calls.
Real-time GPSNo app for parentsMulti-school ready
Live · Route 12 · MMA Brothers
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Bus 12 · on time
Next stop in 3 min
Our customers
Transportation companies run on mySchoolBus
Your buses, your branding, one platform — keeping every route on time and every family informed.
~20s
live GPS refresh
0
apps for families to install
1
login for every contract
5 min
offline-bus warning
Everything in one place
Run your whole operation from one console
No more stitching together a tracker, a spreadsheet, and a phone tree. Every part of school transportation lives together and talks to each other.
Curb-aware routes & stops
Drag-and-drop stops, every one curb-side so kids never cross traffic. Draw a no-go zone and routes detour around it.
Parent tracker links
Families follow the bus from a secure link, no app and no account. It shows only their stop and expires automatically.
Smart parent notifications
Automatic texts at pickup, approach, and arrival: debounced against GPS noise, never sent twice, one-tap opt-out.
Snow-day & delay broadcasts
Text a whole route in seconds for delays or closures, with a live link added only when the bus is actually rolling.
Command Center
One live board of every bus, every school. Open a bus to see its roster and reveal a parent or driver number to dial.
Students & special needs
Manage and bulk-import rosters. Track car seats, wheelchairs, aides, and hand-off rules per child, printed on run sheets.
Drivers & safety scores
Driver profiles and credential-expiry tracking, plus 0–100 safety scores ranked worst-first so you coach the right people.
Fleet & depots
Buses, vans, and depots with documents attached. Import your whole Samsara fleet and drivers in one pass.
Documents everywhere
Attach and preview files on any record, streamed to S3 and served back through short-lived signed links.
Reporting & query builder
Route-adherence and SMS-delivery reports. Filter any list like a database and export to CSV or PDF.
Multi-school + staff portal
Run every school from one console, with a read-only portal scoped to each school’s own data.
Routing intelligence
Routes that plan themselves
Hand the planner a roster; get back balanced, road-accurate routes: safe, on time, ready to drive.
Routes in seconds
Turn a roster into balanced routes automatically. No manual stop-by-stop planning, no overloaded buses.
Shorter walks
No child walks farther than the limit you set. Stops land at the center of the kids who use them.
Curb-side safety
Kids board on their own side of the street, with no crossing traffic and fewer incidents to answer for.
Roads on your terms
Keep buses off the streets you don’t want. Routes detour automatically, checked on the real driven path.
On time to the bell
Every run hits the bell: mornings timed backward, afternoons forward, on real road-network times.
Keep your Tyler routes
Already on Tyler? Import your KML and we’ll parse the route, stops, and times and match the bus.
Billing & invoicing
Contract billing, built in
Your rate sheet, modeled to the cent, so the invoice writes itself and still reconciles a year later.
Bill exactly your contract
Flat, time-with-overage, or per-mile, billed to the cent. Override any route’s rate, minutes, or miles when a deal is special.
The right rate every run
Price by vehicle class and time of day, with seasonal rates and aide, lift, and EV surcharges pulled from the assigned bus.
Never bill a snow day
Mark a closure once and holidays and closures drop off every invoice for that period automatically.
Mid-month changes, handled
Change a contract on the 15th and the invoice splits so each day bills at the rate that actually applied.
Invoices in one click
Email districts a clean, itemized PDF with its own rate sheet, and it reads the same a year later.
Capture aide & lift revenue
Aide and lift surcharges bill the moment a route needs them, and we flag a wheelchair rider on a lift-less bus.
How it works
Live in three steps
01
Connect your fleet
Paste a read-only Samsara key and import your buses and drivers in one pass, duplicates auto-linked. Flip on tracking per vehicle and they appear live on the map.
02
Build routes & rosters
Generate capacity-balanced routes from your roster, or import a Tyler KML, then drag stops, assign students, and commit the plan to live routes already wired to the right bus.
03
Keep families in the loop
Turn on notifications and share tracker links. Parents see the bus coming and get snow-day and delay texts; your office stops fielding “where is it?” calls.
Security & compliance
Student data, protected by design
You hold children’s names, addresses, and live locations. Everything here is built to keep that data yours.
Your data stays yours
Every operator sees only their own data. Cross-tenant requests return a plain 404, enforced on every query.
Compromised logins don’t linger
Rotating 15-minute sessions, instant revocation when you offboard someone, and bcrypt + breach-screened passwords.
Children’s data protected
Kids’ locations stay out of logs, tracking links show one stop only, and guests never see guardian contacts or addresses.
Exactly the right access
Admin, editor, viewer, and guest roles plus per-page scoping and one-click Dispatcher/Manager personas, all server-enforced.
Keep data only as long as you choose
Per-category retention windows you control. Master records and compliance documents are never auto-deleted.
Pass the audit
Number reveals logged, driver files export as one audit-ready ZIP, and single sign-on via any OpenID Connect provider.
Why operators switch
Everything the old systems get wrong
Most school transportation software is a tracker bolted onto a spreadsheet, built for a single district, and rolled out over a semester. mySchoolBus fixes the parts operators complain about most.
No app for families
The old way: Parents must download an app, create an account, and enter a school code just to see the bus.
mySchoolBus: Families track the bus from a secure live link: no app, no account, no code. Higher adoption, fewer calls.
One platform, not five tools
The old way: A GPS tracker here, routing software there, a spreadsheet for rosters, a separate phone tree, and invoicing in a different app entirely.
mySchoolBus: GPS, route generation, rosters, drivers, fleet, parent alerts, and contract billing in one console that actually talks to itself.
Built for operators, not only districts
The old way: Designed around a single district, so it’s awkward to run as a contractor across many schools.
mySchoolBus: True multi-company, multi-school isolation with admin, editor, viewer, and external-guest roles. Every contract, one login.
Live in days, not a school year
The old way: Six-figure rollouts, mandatory consultants, and implementations measured in semesters.
mySchoolBus: Self-serve setup: connect your Samsara key, generate or import routes, and go live, with no semester-long implementation.
Connect the hardware you already run
The old way: Proprietary GPS units and multi-year hardware contracts lock you in.
mySchoolBus: Connect your existing Samsara telematics with a single read-only key. No rip-and-replace, no proprietary units to buy.
A console people actually use
The old way: Dated, desktop-only interfaces that need a training session to navigate.
mySchoolBus: A fast, modern console on any device, with full light and dark mode. Dispatchers and managers get it on day one.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Answers to the questions operators and parents ask most about school bus tracking and transportation software.
Do parents need an app to track the school bus?
No. With mySchoolBus, families follow the bus on a secure live link, with no app download, no account, and no school code. That means higher parent adoption and far fewer “where’s the bus?” calls to your office.
What is mySchoolBus?
mySchoolBus is all-in-one school transportation management software. It combines real-time GPS bus tracking, automatic route planning, student rosters, driver and fleet management, automated parent notifications, a dispatcher command center, contract billing and invoicing, reporting, and document storage in a single web console.
Is mySchoolBus for school districts or transportation companies?
Both, but it is built especially for school transportation companies and contractors. Multi-company and multi-school isolation lets you run every district contract from one login, with admin, editor, viewer, and external-guest roles.
How does real-time school bus GPS tracking work?
Connect your Samsara account with a read-only key and opt in tracking per vehicle. Every bus then appears on a live map, refreshing about every 20 seconds with status, speed, and last-seen. Dispatchers watch the whole fleet at once, while families see only their own child’s bus.
Can mySchoolBus generate bus routes automatically?
Yes. Generate a complete, capacity-balanced set of routes from your student roster in seconds, with stops placed so no child walks past your limit, balanced across your real fleet capacity, and timed to the bell. Then drag stops, move students, and commit the plan to live routes. Stops are kept curb-side so children never cross traffic, and you can draw no-go zones the route will detour around.
How are parents notified when the bus is near?
mySchoolBus sends automated SMS when a bus leaves the depot, is approaching the stop, and arrives. Alerts are debounced against GPS noise so a glitch never sends a false alert, and deduplicated so no parent gets the same text twice. Operators can also broadcast snow-day, delay, and cancellation texts to a whole route, plus a banner on the tracking page.
Does mySchoolBus handle billing and invoicing?
Yes. Model any contract (flat, time-with-overage, or per-mile) priced by vehicle class and time of day, with seasonal rates and automatic aide, lift, and enclosed-vehicle surcharges. Snow days never bill, invoices split automatically when a contract changes mid-period, and each one generates as an itemized PDF you can email to the district in one click.
How does mySchoolBus protect student data?
Operators only ever see their own data, and cross-tenant requests return a plain 404. Sessions use short-lived rotating tokens with instant revocation, passwords are bcrypt-hashed and breach-screened, child locations stay out of logs, and school-side guests never receive guardian phone numbers or home addresses. Retention windows are configurable per category, and the infrastructure is designed for FERPA-oriented data handling.
Can mySchoolBus handle multiple schools and routes?
Yes. Manage many schools, routes, stops, and students from one console, and give each school a read-only portal scoped to just their own students and routes, with guardian contact details and home addresses stripped from what guests can see.
How long does it take to get started?
Most operators are live within days, not months. Setup is self-serve: connect your Samsara key, import or generate your routes and rosters, and turn on parent notifications, with no lengthy implementation.
Does mySchoolBus work with our existing GPS hardware?
mySchoolBus integrates with Samsara telematics: connect with a single read-only key and import your whole fleet and driver roster, assignments included. Tell us what your buses run today and we’ll confirm compatibility.
Ready to see your fleet live?
Log in to your console, or get a walkthrough tailored to your operation.