📍 2801 Blalock Rd, Houston, Harris County, 77080
Buffalo Creek el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 441 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Carrmilla Young. It is part of the Spring Branch Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 34% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Buffalo Creek el enrolls 441 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% White and 2.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 394 | 89% |
| White | 17 | 3.9% |
| Black or African American | 12 | 2.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 11 | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
411 of the school's 441 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 403 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Buffalo Creek el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 15, state house district 148.
Buffalo Creek el is one of 49 schools in SPRING BRANCH ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 32,668 students district-wide and employs 2,171 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 441 students, Buffalo Creek el is smaller than the district average of about 667 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large