Which Houston County Schools are most walkable and bikeable?

Houston County School’s Community Relations department was prompt and professional when I reached out for data regarding student transportation modes. Surprisingly, they do not know the percentage of students that walk, bike, or car ride to school. They did supply this link which shows information regarding transportation by bus. They also stated for the 23-24 school year there were 30,826 students, so we can estimate around 50% were bus riders. But detailed school level transportation data is not tracked.

This would be useful information for a parent to foster independence in their children. The ability to walk or bike to school in an age appropriate way, alone, in a group, or with a parent, sibling, or guardian, has many health and socio-economic benefits, not to mention getting some cars off the roads.

Using Walk Score and combining walking and biking points, here is a walking and biking ranking of all Houston County Schools. The plan was to compare this with the district’s school level data, but that data does not exist. Every school should be optimized for walkers and bikers to comfortably travel from its nearest neighborhoods. This would be a KPI worth going after.

If you want to learn more about how walk and bike scores are calculated, see the links below. From the Ride Robins perspective, we’d love to see more kids and parents feel safe walking or biking to school. We’d love to see the schools engage in this effort, for healthier and more prosperous students.

https://www.walkscore.com/bike-score-methodology.shtml

https://www.walkscore.com/methodology.shtml

School	Walk Score®	Bike Score®	Combined Score
Russell Elementary	63	45	108
Miller Elementary	53	52	105
Parkwood Elementary	43	57	100
Westside Elementary	55	44	99
Northside High	39	57	96
Northside Middle	42	45	87
Perry High	40	43	83
Bonaire Elementary	35	47	82
Houston College & Career Academy	38	39	77
Lake Joy Primary	39	34	73
Quail Run Elementary	33	34	67
Warner Robins High	36	31	67
Centerville Elementary	28	36	64
David Perdue Elementary	23	41	64
Warner Robins Middle	26	34	60
Houston County High	17	43	60
David Perdue Primary	18	39	57
Eagle Springs Elementary	17	36	53
C.B. Watson Primary	23	28	51
Pearl Stephens Elementary	25	25	50
Bonaire Middle	13	36	49
Perry Middle	12	37	49
Shirley Hills Elementary	23	23	46
Lake Joy Elementary	12	32	44
Morningside Elementary	14	30	44
Thomson Middle	12	30	42
Houston County WIN Academy	15	26	41
Tucker Elementary	11	28	39
Mossy Creek Middle	5	30	35
Feagin Mill Middle	6	27	33
Matt Arthur Elementary	6	26	32
Huntington Middle	6	25	31
Langston Road Elementary	3	27	30
Langston Road Primary	3	27	30
Kings Chapel Elementary	3	26	29
Veterans High	3	26	29
Bonaire Primary	3	22	25
Northside Elementary	7	16	23
Hilltop Elementary	4	9	13
School	Walk Score®	Bike Score®	Combined Score