Buffalo Elementary School

Buffalo Elementary School, a modestly sized elementary school in Buffalo, Iowa, overseen by Davenport Comm School District, serves 242 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Buffalo Elementary School sits 26% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Davenport Comm School District, which oversees 27 schools and 12,812 students, Buffalo Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Buffalo Elementary School reports that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the resource side, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 44% of students at Buffalo Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Buffalo Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.0%; this one delivers 71.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Scott County indicate median household income runs about $78,277, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Scott County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students), Buffalo Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Andalusia Elem School, roughly 1.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Buffalo Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Buffalo Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 50.7%.

Buffalo Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 253 students in 2018 compared to 242 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.