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School bus tracking app. Know where every bus is. So do parents.
Real-time school bus tracking for schools, parents and staff. Parents follow the bus in the school bus tracking app; the school sees the fleet on Google Maps with GPS updates every 5 seconds. Speed monitoring, route replay, breakdown alerts and bus attendance in the staff app.
- Updates every 5 seconds
- Live in the parent app
- Part of your school ERP
- 5 seclive location
updates - Bus attendancemarked in the
staff app - High-speedreports for
every trip - Distancetravelled report
per bus - Route replayof any
past trip
Every morning, parents across 1000+ schools know exactly where the bus is
Pole Star SchoolMadhubani
St. Dominic's Convent English Medium SchoolPalakkad
St. Agnes SchoolKharagpur
Shantha Group of InstitutionsBangalore
Don Bosco Public SchoolPatna
Little Flower H.S.S.Dibrugarh
San Academy Group of SchoolsChennai
Prabhat Tara SchoolMuzaffarpur
St. Paul's Group of SchoolsHajipur
All Saints Diocesan H.S. SchoolShillong
Gulmohur High SchoolJamshedpur
Carmel CMI Group of SchoolsKerala
Bishop Westcott Girls School, DorandaRanchi"Where is the bus?" shouldn't take twenty phone calls.
Every morning the same calls come in. Parents ring the office, the office rings the driver, and the driver answers while driving. Nobody knows if a bus is speeding, late or off route until something goes wrong, and by then the only evidence is everyone's memory.
The office phone rings from 6:45 am
Parents call the front office, the office calls the driver, and the driver picks up on the road. The same question is answered forty times before the first bell.
Nobody knows who actually boarded
The attendant marks attendance in a paper register, if one is maintained. When a parent asks whether their child boarded the bus, the school office has to call the staff on the road to find out.
Speeding is found out from complaints
A parent reports a bus speeding on the main road. Without speed data, the school cannot verify the incident, hold the driver accountable or take corrective action.
"The bus never came to our stop"
A parent says the bus skipped the stop; the driver says the child wasn't there. With no record of where the bus went and how long it waited, the argument has no end.
Breakdowns reach parents last
A bus breaks down on the way home. Parents wait at the stop and children wait on the roadside while the office works through a phone list, one call at a time.
Three lists that never agree
The route chart is on a whiteboard, the bus register is on paper and the transport fee list is in a spreadsheet. When a child changes stop, one of them is always out of date.
Ride one route with the school bus tracking app, from depot to school gate and back.
Green Valley Public School operates twelve buses from a single depot. Follow Bus 7 along its Anna Nagar route for a day, and see how every stop brings a different part of the Schoolcanvas school transport management system into action, for the transport manager, parents, attendants and the principal.
- Morning pickup
- Afternoon drop
- Speed record
Choose a stop to jump to what happens there. Route, stops and times are an example for the fictional Green Valley Public School.
Bus 7 leaves the depot, and the GPS starts reporting
The trip is logged on the live fleet map, with the GPS syncing every 5 seconds.
The trip start is logged as Bus 7 pulls out, and it appears on the live fleet map. Its GPS device syncs every 5 seconds. Devices come from several partner vendors, with AIS-140 certified and standard options, so you choose what suits your buses and your state's rules.
- Trip start · Depot 6:40 am
- Device type AIS-140 certified
- Sync interval 5 seconds
Aarav's mother sees the bus five minutes away, and walks to the stop
Live bus location and notifications in the parent app, on Android or iOS.
She watches Bus 7 come up the main road in the Schoolcanvas parent app, on Android or iOS, with the location refreshed every 5 seconds and bus notifications as it gets close. No waiting at the corner for twenty minutes, and no call to the office.
- 🚌 Bus 7 has left the depot6:41
- 📍 Bus 7 is 5 minutes from your stop7:05
- 🏫 Bus 7 has reached school7:42
Meera boards the bus. The attendant marks her in two taps.
Her attendance is updated automatically in her student profile through the staff app.
Every driver, conductor and attendant has the Schoolcanvas staff app. Each child who boards is marked present, and bus attendance is saved with the student's record instead of in a paper register, so the office can see who is on Bus 7 without calling anyone.
- MIMeera Iyer · V-AP
A - AKAarav Kumar · VI-BP
A - FRFarhan Rahman · VIII-CP
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The bus picks up speed on the ring road. It is on record.
Speed is monitored through the trip and lands in the high-speed report.
Speed is monitored throughout the journey. The burst goes into the high-speed report with the time and the place, and the transport manager reviews it after the trip, so the talk with the driver starts from facts. Speed governors stay the operator's job; Schoolcanvas keeps the record.
Diya's family moved. Her new stop is already on the list.
Pickup point, route list and transport fee all follow one student record.
Routes and pickup points are set up once and students are assigned to their stop. Transport fees are linked to the route and pickup point. When Diya moved house, the office moved her to Thirumangalam; the route list and the attendance sheet follow the same record, and the office updated her transport fee for the new stop in the same place.
- Pickup point Shanthi Colony → Thirumangalam
- Transport fee Updated by office · ₹3,000
Bus 7 reaches school. The trip closes itself.
“Reached school” alert for parents; start, stop and halt times on record.
The trip end is logged with every start, stop and halt time on the way, and parents get the "reached school" notification. Halt times show where the bus lost time, and whether a late bus left the depot late or was held at a stop. Bus attendance is already in the student records.
- Trip end · School 7:42 am
- On board 38 of 41
- Longest halt Shanthi Colony · 2m 05s
In case of an unexpected breakdown, parents hear it from the school first.
Rare, but planned for: one alert reaches every family on the route.
Breakdowns are rare, but the plan is ready. The transport manager raises a breakdown alert and assigns Bus 9 to the route. Parents and students on Route 7 are told straight away and can follow the replacement bus live. Route changes work the same way. One alert replaces forty phone calls.
"The bus skipped our stop." Route replay settles it in one call.
Replay any past trip and settle a complaint with facts, not guesswork.
A parent says Bus 7 did not stop for her son. The principal replays the morning trip: the bus reached the stop at 7:09, waited almost two minutes, and the attendant marked the boy absent. The complaint, tracked with an ID in Schoolcanvas Communication, is closed the same morning.
- Anna Nagar 2nd Ave · arrived 7:09 am
- Halt at the stop 1m 50s
- Bus attendance Marked absent, 7:10
Every route, every campus, on one screen.
School bus GPS tracking, parent alerts, bus attendance, routes and transport fees often operate across separate systems. With Schoolcanvas, they work from a single set of student records, so the bus list, attendance register and fee ledger stay aligned and up to date.
Live GPS fleet view
Every bus on Google Maps, with its location and current speed refreshed every 5 seconds. At normal city speeds, a bus moves only a short distance between updates, so the dot on the screen closely matches the bus’s actual position on the road. Start, stop and halt times are logged for every trip.
Why 5 seconds matters
With a slower refresh rate, the marker can appear to jump between streets, reducing parents’ confidence in the tracking. Schoolcanvas GPS hardware syncs every 5 seconds.
High-speed reports
Who drove fast, where and when, for every bus.
| Bus | Top speed | Events |
|---|---|---|
| Bus 12 | 56 km/h | 4 |
| Bus 7 | 52 km/h | 1 |
| Bus 3 | 39 km/h | 0 |
Distance and fuel
Distance reports and a fuel calculator show the bursar and trustees where transport money goes.
Every branch's fleet
All campuses' buses, routes and stops in one place, with branch and group reports.
- Anna Nagar 12 on route
- Velachery 9 on route
- Tambaram 6 on route · 1 at depot
Reports for the people who ask
Access speed, distance, route replay, halt-time and fuel reports, ready for management meetings, transport committee reviews, inspections or parent queries.
School bus safety, tracked on every trip.
The Schoolcanvas school bus GPS tracking system and school bus tracking app work together, so the school and parents see where every bus is and who is on board in real time, and how each bus was driven.
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School bus GPS tracking
Every bus on a live map, with the location updated every 5 seconds.
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Route replay
Replay any past trip with stop and halt times.
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Breakdown alerts
One alert reaches every family on the route.
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Bus attendance
Each child marked on and off in the staff app.
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Speed monitoring
High-speed reports with time and place.
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School bus tracking app
Parents see the bus live and get notified as it nears.
Built for the people who answer for every bus.
The owner signs the transport budget, the transport manager runs the routes, the principal takes the complaints, the parent waits at the stop and the attendant counts the children. Each sees what they need.
See what transport costs, and what it is doing for your reputation.
Transport is one of the largest running costs and one of the fastest ways to lose parents' trust. Schoolcanvas brings distance, fuel consumption and speed data for every bus, across every campus, alongside the transport fees collected route by route, so management can see exactly what transport costs and how efficiently it is being managed.
Book a demo for your roleBefore
- Fuel bills accepted on trust
- Transport fees tracked in a separate spreadsheet
- Safety incidents heard about second-hand
With Schoolcanvas
- Distance reports and fuel calculations for every bus
- Transport fees linked to routes and pickup points
- High-speed reports and complete route records available on demand
Run the whole fleet from one screen, not from your phone.
You are responsible for every bus, driver and stop, usually with a phone in each hand. Schoolcanvas puts the fleet on Google Maps, logs every trip and gives you speed, halt and route reports without asking a single driver.
Book a demo for your roleBefore
- Calling drivers to find out where they are
- Bus registers collected and checked by hand
- Routes and stops kept on a whiteboard
With Schoolcanvas
- Live fleet map refreshed every 5 seconds
- Bus attendance marked in the app on every trip
- Routes and pickup points set up once, linked to students
Answer every transport complaint with a record.
When something goes wrong on a bus, the principal hears about it first. Schoolcanvas gives you the facts: where the bus was, how fast it went, how long it waited and who boarded, for any trip.
Book a demo for your roleBefore
- Complaints decided on whose story sounds right
- Parents told about delays after they have waited
- No clear record for inspections
With Schoolcanvas
- Route replay and halt times for any day
- Breakdown and route-change alerts sent at once
- Speed, route and attendance records ready to show
Know where the bus is without calling anyone.
Parents want to know their child is on the bus and when it will arrive. The Schoolcanvas app shows the bus moving on the map, refreshed every 5 seconds, with bus notifications and an alert if a bus breaks down or changes route.
Book a demo for your roleBefore
- Waiting at the stop with no idea how late the bus is
- Calling the office, or the driver, to ask
- Hearing about a breakdown only when the bus is late
With Schoolcanvas
- Live bus location in the app, every 5 seconds
- Bus notifications as the bus approaches
- Breakdown and route-change alerts straight away
Drive and supervise. Leave the phone calls to the app.
Drivers should keep their eyes on the road, and attendants on the children. With parents tracking the bus themselves in the app, the calls stop, and every driver, conductor and attendant marks bus attendance in a few taps in the Schoolcanvas staff app.
Book a demo for your roleBefore
- Answering parents' calls while driving
- Paper registers that get lost or wet
- Blamed for delays with no way to show what happened
With Schoolcanvas
- Parents check the bus in the app instead of calling
- Bus attendance marked in the staff app on every trip
- Route replay shows exactly where the bus was
Set up school bus tracking in four simple steps.
Our team sets up transport with you, using the student records you already have, and helps you choose the GPS hardware and plan the rollout.
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Step 1: Fit GPS on your buses
AIS-140 certified or standard devices from our partner vendors, fitted and linked to your account.
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Step 2: Add routes, stops and students
Set up routes and pickup points once, assign students, and link transport fees to each stop.
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Step 3: Switch on the apps
Parents track the bus live in the parent app; drivers and attendants mark bus attendance in the staff app.
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Step 4: Track and improve
Speed, halt, distance and fuel reports show where routes run late and where money goes.
What changes on the school run.
A GPS tracker shows a dot on a map. Schoolcanvas shows the complete picture: who is on the bus, who has boarded, whose transport fee is paid and which parents need to be alerted.
| Schoolcanvas | Standalone GPS tracker | Phone calls and registers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live bus location | ✓ Refreshed every 5 seconds | Varies by device and plan | ✕ Only when the driver answers |
| Bus location for parents | ✓ Live in the school's parent app | ✓ In a separate tracking app | ✕ Call the office |
| Speed monitoring | ✓ High-speed reports for every bus | ✓ Usually included | ✕ Known from complaints |
| Route replay and halt times | ✓ Any earlier trip | ✓ Often included | ✕ No record |
| Breakdown and route-change alerts | ✓ To parents and students at once | Varies | ✕ One call at a time |
| Bus attendance | ✓ In the app, saved to the student record | ✕ Separate system, if any | ✕ Paper register |
| Routes and stops linked to transport fees | ✓ Built in | ✕ Not included | ✕ Separate spreadsheet |
| Several campuses | ✓ One fleet view, branch-wise reports | Varies | ✕ One phone list per branch |
| Part of your school ERP | ✓ Same records, same login | ✕ A separate product to manage | ✕ Separate registers and files |
Transport questions, answered.
How does the school bus GPS tracking system work?
A GPS device in each bus sends its location to Schoolcanvas every 5 seconds. The school sees the whole fleet on Google Maps, with speed monitoring, high-speed reports, route replay, halt times and distance travelled, and parents see the live bus location in the Schoolcanvas app. Devices come from several vendors, with AIS-140 certified and non-AIS options.
How often does the bus location update?
Every 5 seconds. The GPS devices sync with Schoolcanvas that often, so the location the school and parents see is close to where the bus really is.
What does the transport manager see?
Every bus on Google Maps, live, with its current speed, start and stop times and halt durations. Reports cover high speed, distance travelled, route replay, halt times and fuel.
Can we check where a bus went on an earlier day?
Yes. Route replay shows the path of any previous trip, including where the bus stopped and for how long.
Can we see if a bus was speeding?
Yes. Speed is monitored throughout every trip, and high-speed reports show each vehicle's speed events with time and place.
Do parents need a separate school bus tracking app?
No. The live bus location is part of the Schoolcanvas mobile app that parents already use for attendance, homework, circulars and fees, on Android and iOS. Bus notifications arrive in the same app.
How do parents track the bus?
In the Schoolcanvas parent app, on Android and iOS. Parents see their child's bus on the map, refreshed every 5 seconds, and get bus notifications in the app.
Are parents told about breakdowns or route changes?
Yes. If a bus breaks down or its route changes, parents and students get an alert straight away, along with regular bus notifications in the app.
Is our families' data safe?
Schoolcanvas is DPDP-ready and hosted on a private cloud in a tier-IV data centre in India. Access is role and permission based, and the data belongs to the school.
Who provides the GPS hardware? Is it AIS-140 certified?
Schoolcanvas works with several GPS hardware vendors and offers both AIS-140 certified and standard devices. Which one you need depends on your buses and your state's rules; our team will help you choose.
Does Schoolcanvas make our buses compliant with CBSE or state rules?
No software can do that on its own. Speed governors, CCTV, attendants and vehicle permits are provided by the school or bus operator. Schoolcanvas helps you monitor every journey and keeps the records, such as live tracking, speed reports, route replay and bus attendance, that show you are watching.
Who marks bus attendance?
The driver, conductor or bus attendant marks it in the Schoolcanvas app, and it is saved with each student's record.
Are transport fees linked to bus routes and stops?
Yes. Transport fees are linked to routes and pickup points, so each student is billed for their own stop. If a child’s stop changes, the school updates the transport fee.
Does transport connect with the rest of Schoolcanvas?
Yes. Routes and pickup points are linked to students and to transport fees, and bus attendance and parent alerts use the same records as the rest of your school.
Can we manage buses for several branches?
Yes. Every branch's fleet, routes and stops are managed in one place, with reports for each branch and for the group.
How is transport priced?
Pricing is not published because it depends on your school, your number of buses and the GPS devices you choose. Book a demo and we'll prepare a quote.
How long does setup take?
The Schoolcanvas ERP goes live in 7 days when your data is ready, with free data migration. GPS fitment is planned with you around your fleet and our partner vendors.
Guides for this suite
Plug in the rest of your school.
Every Schoolcanvas suite shares one student record. Add another and it simply plugs in.
- CommunicationAlerts, circulars and complaint tracking for parents on app, WhatsApp, SMS and voice.Explore →
- Student ManagementOne record for every student, with class attendance from the teacher app.Explore →
- FinanceTransport and every other fee collected online or at the counter, synced with Tally.Explore →
- Multi-school managementOne view of students, fees and buses across every campus in your group.Explore →
See your own bus routes, live on Schoolcanvas.
A free, 45-minute demo of Schoolcanvas, online or at your school, shaped around how your school works. We call you back within 4 working hours to fix a time.
Your free demo can cover
- Your own data, routes and processes
- Live bus tracking and the parent app
- The rest of the ERP, from admissions to fees
- Assist, the AI LMS for your teachers
- A setup plan and a quote for your school
- Call back in 4 working hours
- Free data migration
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