State/Public Elementary Open

Buffalo Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 1000 Jefferson Street, Buffalo, Scott County, 52728

298
Pupils
15.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Buffalo Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Buffalo, Scott County. The school has 298 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Heidi Gilliland. It is part of the Davenport Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“6 in a rural setting. The school employs 19.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Heidi Gilliland
School district
Davenport Comm School District

Enrollment & staffing

Buffalo Elementary School enrolls 298 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 19.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.

Male students
156 (52%)
Female students
142 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
19.0
Student-teacher ratio
15.7:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“6

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% White, 10% Hispanic or Latino and 3% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White25385%
Hispanic or Latino3010%
Two or more races93%
Black or African American51.7%
Asian1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

143 of the school's 298 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 128 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Rural, FringeGrades Pre-Kโ€“6Title I

Buffalo Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-10, state senate district 45, state house district 90.

School district: Davenport Comm School District

Buffalo Elementary School is one of 30 schools in Davenport Comm School District, based in Davenport, Iowa. The district serves 13,171 students district-wide and employs 991 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 298 students, Buffalo Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 439 students per school.

13,171
District students
30
Schools
991
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

57%
Reading proficient
62%
Math proficient
14%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Rural - Fringe

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