Palmer Bus Service has been serving the Austin community by safely transporting students since 2010. We transport about 3,500 students each school day in Austin.

Austin school district #492 consists of Austin High School, Ellis Middle School, IJ Holton Intermediate School, Woodson Kindergarten Center, and four elementaries; Banfield, Neveln, Southgate, and Sumner.

Austin is the county seat for Mower County and is about 100 miles south of St. Paul. It is the only Minnesota city outside of the Twin Cities metro area that has a Fortune 500 Company.