How did your school district do in annual Highway Patrol bus inspections?

All of the buses in four school districts out of 20 in Jasper, Newton, McDonald, Barton and Dade counties passed their Highway Patrol inspections, according to statistics released today.

Three of the schools, Webb City, Sarcoxie and Avilla, were in Jasper County with the other one being Everton in Dade County.

All of the buses in the Westview C-6 School District (both of them) flunked the test.

Results for the area school districts can be found at the bottom of this post.

The following news release was issued by the Missouri State Highway Patrol:

Colonel Michael A. Turner, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the results of the Driver and Vehicle Safety Division’s 2026 annual school bus inspection program.

Missouri’s 2026 school bus inspection results are as follows:

School buses rated as “approved” upon initial inspection — 10,239

School buses rated as “defective” upon initial inspection — 849

School buses rated as “out-of-service” upon initial inspection — 283

Buses with identified defective components require repair within 10 days. Buses placed out-of-service require correction of the component(s), reinspection, and a return to service by Patrol personnel prior to further usage in transporting passengers.

A total of 287 Missouri school districts earned the Patrol’s Total Fleet Excellence Award for 2026. During the 2025-2026 school year, 6,148 buses in the award-winning fleets are eligible to display the Patrol’s Total Fleet Excellence sticker in the lower corner of the first window on the passenger entry side of the bus.

“Through the unified effort of Missouri State Highway Patrol personnel and pupil transportation professionals statewide, the successful inspection of over 11,000 school buses occurred in accordance with Missouri revised state statutes,” said Colonel Turner. “The annual inspection of school buses is one of many ways the Patrol, Missouri schools, and private pupil transportation companies work together to ensure the safety of children while they travel on school buses”.

Missouri school bus inspection results are a matter of public record. Individual school district results for 2026 are available on the Patrol’s website.

School bus inspection criteria, including Missouri State Highway Patrol out-of-service criteria, are also available on the Patrol’s website.

 Area bus inspection results

(Note: The name of the school district is followed by the number of buses, the percentage that passed, the percentage that didn't pass and the percentage that was out of service.

Jasper County

Avilla- 5, 100 percent passed

Carl Junction- 52, 96.2 passed, 3.8 percent

Carthage- 60, 91.7, 8.3

Jasper- 8, 62.5, 25.0, 12.3

Sarcoxie- 12, 100 percent passed

Webb City- 50, 100 percent passed

Newton County

Diamond- 14, 92.9, 0.0, 7.1

East Newton- 30, 83.3, 16.7

Neosho- 59, 93.2, 6.8

Seneca- 25, 92.0, 8.0

Westview- 2, 0.0, 100 percent failed

McDonald County

McDonald County- 59, 98.3, 1.7

Barton County

Golden City- 7, 85.7, 14.3

Lamar- 20, 90.0, 10.0

Liberal- 12, 83.3, 16.7

Dade County

Dadeville- 6, 83.3, 0.0, 16.7

Everton- 5, 100 percent passed

Greenfield- 11, 63.6, 36.4

Lockwood- 8, 62.5, 37.5