📍 301 2nd Ave Ne, Buffalo, Wright County, 55313
Discovery Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Buffalo, Wright County. The school has 224 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Discovery Elementary enrolls 224 students across grades K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% White, <1% Two or more races and <1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 220 | 98% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
42 of the school's 224 students (19%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 26 qualify for free lunch and 16 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.
Discovery Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-60, state senate district 29.
Discovery Elementary 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 224 students, Discovery Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 470 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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