Buford Elementary

Buford Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Lennox, California, run under Lennox. The school instructs 513 students in grades K through 5.

Within Lennox, which oversees 6 schools and 3,941 students, Buford Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Buford Elementary shows that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic; the rest reads as 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, Buford Elementary shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 94% of students at Buford Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Buford Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 23.8%; actual is 46.3%, +22.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Buford Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lennox Middle, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Buford Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.2%.

Buford Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 23%: 667 students in 2018 compared to 513 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.