Enrollment
242
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVENPORT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190858000459
Buffalo Elementary School
1000 Jefferson Street, Buffalo, IA 52728 · (563) 723-6300 · Scott County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
106 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
72.4%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
74.3%
IA avg 70.9% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.4% | 74.3% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 76.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Buffalo Elementary School
Buffalo Elementary School's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Elementary School this school | 242 | 43.8% | 71.8% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Belle Plaine | 267 | 44.2% | 71.1% |
| Cooper Elementary School Fort Dodge | 231 | 43.7% | 45.4% |
| Eldora-New Providence Elementary School Eldora | 242 | 46.3% | 71.2% |
| West Campus Elementary School Waukon | 265 | 43.0% | N/A |
| Riceville Elementary School Riceville | 226 | 45.6% | 74.0% |
Matched among Iowa elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Buffalo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #300 of 564 | #14 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #313 of 564 ▼ 27 | #17 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #288 of 564 ▲ 16 | #15 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 242 | #490 of 705 | #29 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #118 of 561 | #6 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #346 of 561 | #25 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.8% | #297 of 666 | #18 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #299 of 359 | #14 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
242
-48 (-17%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 176
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 242 | 20.1 | 12.1:1 | 44% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 276 | 21.8 | 12.6:1 | 46% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 298 | 19 | 15.7:1 | 48% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 290 | 19 | 15.3:1 | 52% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 253 | 22.5 | 11.3:1 | 55% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 248 | 16 | 15.5:1 | 60% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 258 | 13 | 19.9:1 | 53% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 304 | 23 | 13.2:1 | 30% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 176 | 11 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buffalo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (253 to 242); teachers down 11% (22.5 to 20.1).
About Buffalo Elementary School
Buffalo Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Buffalo, Iowa. It had 242 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 325 students for elementary schools in Iowa.
The district, Davenport Comm School District, operates 27 schools serving 12,812 students.
The share of students at Buffalo Elementary School who are White is 84%. Other students are 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. A diversity index of 29% means there is a 29% chance two randomly chosen students at Buffalo Elementary School are from different groups.
The school's 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Buffalo Elementary School, 44% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Buffalo Elementary School, the prediction is 70.0% and the result is 71.8%.
The school is in Scott County, where the median household earns about $78,277 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Buffalo Elementary School shares Scott County with 52 other public schools.
Buffalo Elementary School's nearest public school is Andalusia Elementary School (about 1.7 miles). There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Buffalo Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 290 (2020-21) to 242 (2024-25). By 2024-25, the school had 12.1 students per teacher, compared with 15.3 in 2020-21.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,608
Census ACS
Median income
$78,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
26,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davenport Comm School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,288 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,190 students
- Sudlow Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 577 students
Other Buffalo Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Buffalo Elementary. Buffalo Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 9.
- Buffalo Elementary SchoolSarver, PA · 564 students
- Buffalo ElementaryBuffalo, SC · 483 students
- Buffalo Elementary SchoolKenova, WV · 402 students
- Buffalo Elementary SchoolBUFFALO, TX · 270 students
- Buffalo Elementary SchoolBuffalo, WV · 195 students
Nearby schools
- Andalusia Elementary School1.7 mi · 272
- Blue Grass Elementary School4.1 mi · 277
- Rockridge Jr High School5.7 mi · 234
- Rockridge High School5.7 mi · 330
- Taylor Ridge Elementary School5.9 mi · 138
- Jackson Elementary School6.2 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Buffalo Elementary SchoolHow large is Buffalo Elementary School?
Buffalo Elementary School enrolls approximately 242 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Buffalo Elementary School serve?
Buffalo Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Buffalo Elementary School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Buffalo Elementary School.
How diverse is Buffalo Elementary School?
Buffalo Elementary School reports a student body of 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Buffalo Elementary School public or private?
Buffalo Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Davenport Comm School District.
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