DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY

DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in BUFFALO, Minnesota, operated by Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools. Current enrollment sits at 257 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,175 students; DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY is among them.

Looking at the student body, DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY records that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. By comparison, Wright County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.5%; this one delivers 45.4%.

Across the wider county, Wright County reports that median household income runs about $107,209, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY is one of 88 public schools in Wright County (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students).

The closest other public school is BUFFALO EARLY CHILD. SP. ED PROGRAM, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 44.7%.

DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 246 students in 2018 compared to 257 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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