Technical Note for A Dataset Of Electric School Bus Adoption In The United States

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has developed a first-of-its-kind dataset to track the adoption of electric school buses (ESBs) in the United States. The dataset monitors 'committed' ESBs—defined as those with awarded funding or formal purchase agreements—and tracks their progress through four phases: 'awarded,' 'ordered,' 'delivered,' and 'operating.' To facilitate equity analysis, the data includes school district characteristics such as poverty rates, racial composition, air pollution, and locale. Information is gathered from public sources, including news articles, school websites, and datasets from the EPA, U.S. Census, and National Center for Education Statistics, with updates occurring biannually.

• The dataset tracks electric school bus (ESB) adoption by monitoring 'committed' vehicles, which are defined as those where a district or operator has either been awarded funding or entered a formal agreement to purchase from a manufacturer or dealer.
• The adoption process for individual ESBs is tracked through four distinct phases: awarded, ordered, delivered, and operating.
• To analyze whether the transition to ESBs is occurring equitably, the dataset incorporates school district socio-economic and environmental data, including racial composition, poverty rates, air pollution, and locale (urban, suburban, town, or rural).

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Technical Note for A Dataset Of Electric School Bus Adoption In The United States. https://www.wri.org/research/technical-note-dataset-electric-school-bus-adoption-united-states

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Technical Note for A Dataset Of Electric School Bus Adoption In The United States. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/technical-note-dataset-electric-school-bus-adoption-united-states.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendtechnical, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Technical Note for A Dataset Of Electric School Bus Adoption In The United States}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/technical-note-dataset-electric-school-bus-adoption-united-states}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }