Elementary · South Dakota
Buffalo Elementary - 02
Buffalo Elementary - 02, a public elementary school in Buffalo, South Dakota: grades k–5, 101 students, 10.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Harding County School District 31-1.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 101
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.7
- Students per teacher
- 10.4
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 73% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 12.8 · 318 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 90% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 62% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 150 · 319 schools compared
Smaller than 95% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on South Dakota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
South Dakota: 49%51%proficient
Unchanged from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 54% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 49% · 281 elementary schools compared
47 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
South Dakota: 45%51%proficient
−2.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 56% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 48% · 272 elementary schools compared
47 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Remote rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Harding County School District 31-1.
Location
- Address
- 12474 Tipperary St, Buffalo, SD 57720
- Phone
- (605)375-3241
- County
- Harding County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
No other public elementary schools within 25 miles.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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