State/Public Elementary Open

Tatanka Elementary STEM School

๐Ÿ“ 703 8th St Ne, Buffalo, Wright County, 55313

452
Pupils
14.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Tatanka Elementary STEM School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Buffalo, Wright County. The school has 452 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 49% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

School district
Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Tatanka Elementary STEM School enrolls 452 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.

Male students
229 (51%)
Female students
223 (49%)
Teachers (FTE)
30.9
Student-teacher ratio
14.7:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% White, 3.3% Black or African American and 3.3% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White40489%
Black or African American153.3%
Two or more races153.3%
Hispanic or Latino143.1%
Asian3<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

185 of the school's 452 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 145 qualify for free lunch and 40 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

Town, FringeGrades Kโ€“5Title I

Tatanka Elementary STEM School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 MN-60, state senate district 29.

School district: Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools

Tatanka Elementary STEM School is one of 11 schools in Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools, based in BUFFALO, Minnesota. The district serves 5,175 students district-wide and employs 293 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 452 students, Tatanka Elementary STEM School is close to the district average of about 470 students per school.

5,175
District students
11
Schools
293
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

52%
Reading proficient
49%
Math proficient
8%
Poverty rate

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

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Town - Fringe

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