Case Study: Greenville County Schools achieves secure WiFi for 425 buses and extended learning time with Cradlepoint NetCloud Service

Greenville County Schools Turn Bus Time into Learning Time

Greenville County Schools, the largest district in South Carolina with about 75,000 students and a 425‑bus fleet, needed a safe, secure, and fast way to extend classroom access onto buses so students could use Chromebooks while traveling. The district also required reliable GPS tracking, live video streaming, and a solution that could be up and running quickly. To meet those needs GCS partnered with Cradlepoint and deployed Cradlepoint NetCloud Service for Mobile.

Cradlepoint installed in-vehicle LTE routers with WiFi access points, GPS/telematics integration, WiFi-as-WAN, VPN security, and cloud management across all 425 buses, managed via the NetCloud platform and an MSP. The rollout produces WiFi within five minutes of bus start-up, supports up to 77 students per bus, enabled up to 28,000 hours of additional instructional time, delivers accurate GPS/geofencing and live streaming that reduced truck rolls, and drastically cut device upkeep—freeing IT staff from ongoing troubleshooting.

Greenville County Schools

Bill Brown

Executive Director of Education Technology Services