If you are in the process of choosing a school bus to convert into a home, one of the things you need to consider when buying a school bus is that you want to be able to stand up and walk around inside it. Here at Gardian Angel, LLC we took the headache out of this problem for you. We compared all the current 2021 school buses available on the market. Then, we sorted them by their interior height. It's important to note that headroom measurements are taken from the center of the ceiling to the manufactured floor. Ceilings in school buses have curves where the ceiling meets the side walls and that amount fluctuates so please consider this information. We hope this gets you well on your way to begin converting that school bus into the home of your dreams.
The current 2021 school bus models vary in headroom size from 66 inches (5.5 ft) to 78 inches (6.5 feet). Go big or go home, right? So let's start with the school buses with the largest interior height, so you can make it your new home.
What School Bus has the most Headroom?
The largest school bus interior headroom heights currently offered in 2021 are 78 inches (6.5 feet) which are provided by GreenPower Motor Co. BEAST, IC Bus CE Series, IC Bus RE Series, The Lion Electric Co.: LionC, The Lion Electric Co.: LionD, Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2, Thomas Built Buses- Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley, Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner EFX, and Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX.
See other options and headroom heights below.
Headroom
78 inches aka (6.5 feet)
GreenPower Motor Co. BEAST: 78 inches
IC Bus CE Series: 78 inches
IC Bus RE Series: 78 inches
The Lion Electric Co.: LionC 78 inches
The Lion Electric Co.: LionD 78 inches
Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2: 78 inches
Thomas Built Buses- Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley: 78 inches
Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner EFX: 78 inches
Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX: 78 inches
77 inches aka (6.41 feet)
Blue Bird Corp. Blue Bird Vision: 77 inches
Blue Bird Corp. All American FE: 77 inches
Blue Bird Corp. All American RE: 77 inches
Collins Bus Magellan Collins Low-Floor: 77 inches
76.5 inches aka (6.37 feet)
Collins Bus Magellan Collins MFSAB and Magellan MFSAB (DRW's): 76.5 inches
Collins Bus Magellan Collins School and Magellan School (SRW’s):76.5 inches
Collins Bus Magellan Collins School and Magellan School (DRW’s): 76.5 inches
76 inches aka (6.33 feet)
Micro Bird Inc. Micro Bird G5 DRW: 76 inches
Titan Bus DW2: 76 inches
Titan Bus DRW A: 76 inches
75.8 inches aka (6.31 feet)
Collins Bus Magellan Collins MFSAB and Magellan MFSAB (SRW's): 67.8 inches or 75.8 inches
Collins Bus Magellan Collins School and Magellan School (SRW’s): 67.8 inches or 75.8 inches
75 inches aka (6.25 feet)
The Lion Electric Co. LionA: 75 inches
Trans Tech SST: 75 inches
Trans Tech CST: 75 inches
Trans Tech eSeries: 75 inches
74 inches aka (6.16 feet)
Thomas Built Buses Minotrek SRW: 74 inches
Thomas Built Buses Minotrek DRW: 74 inches
Trans Tech Trans Star: 74 inches
Trans Tech ST Aero: 74 inches
Micro Bird Inc. Micro Bird T-Series: 66 inches or 74 inches
Micro Bird Inc. Micro Bird MB-II SRW: 66 inches or 74 inches
73 inches aka (6.08 feet)
Thomas Built Buses Minotour SRW: 73 inches
Thomas Built Buses Minotour DRW: 73 inches
Titan Bus SW: 73 inches
Titan Bus SRW A: 73 inches
67.8 inches aka (5.65 feet)
Collins Bus Magellan Collins MFSAB and Magellan MFSAB (SRW's): 67.8 inches or 75.8 inches
Collins Bus Magellan Collins School and Magellan School (SRW’s): 67.8 inches or 75.8 inches
66 inches aka (5.5 feet)
Micro Bird Inc. Micro Bird T-Series: 66 inches or 74 inches
Micro Bird Inc. Micro Bird MB-II SRW: 66 inches or 74 inches
Conclusion
I'm 5'4''. So how tall are you, and what kind of school bus are you going with to get the headroom you need for your skoolie?
Published 3/4/2021
Written by: Andrew Gardner, Director of Marketing, Gardian Angel, LLC.
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