Case Study: Comal ISD achieves on-time, safer school-bus operations with Samsara

Comal ISD - Customer Case Study

Comal Independent School District (Comal ISD) is a 589‑square‑mile district across five rapidly growing counties that transports 8,500 students with a 250‑bus fleet. The transportation team needed accurate, real‑time bus location and route performance data to ensure on‑time pickups and drop‑offs for families after struggling with slow, unreliable GPS solutions.

Comal deployed Samsara VG‑series gateways and uses the Samsara Dashboard, Route Analytics, vehicle diagnostics, Safety Report, and Helicopter View to monitor buses, plan routes, detect maintenance issues, and review driver behavior. The result is precise, live vehicle tracking and faster dispatching, proactive maintenance with instant alerts, clearer route planning and performance analysis, and improved safety coaching and driver incentives—transforming operations into a centralized, proactive system across four stations and 21,000 miles driven daily.

Comal ISD

Gus Rodriguez

Director of Transportation