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What's the one class at BUFFALO MIDDLE every student should take?
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Enrollment
466
Middle
DISTRICT 525 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS CO. R-I·NCES 290612000858
BUFFALO MIDDLE
1001 W TRUMAN RD, BUFFALO, MO 65622 · (417) 345-2335 · Dallas County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Missouri public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
281 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 123 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 124 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 112 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 23% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 52% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
BUFFALO MIDDLE→BUFFALO HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DALLAS CO. R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
31.8%
MO avg 44.9% . -3.6pp since 2021
Math
37.3%
MO avg 43.8% . +9.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.5% | 21.3% | 49.7% | 18.2% |
| Math | 12.8% | 24.5% | 41.4% | 21.1% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.8% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.6% | 39.1% |
| 2022-23 | 37.4% | 37.5% |
| 2021-22 | 35.4% | 28.1% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 MIDDLE
BUFFALO MIDDLE's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUFFALO MIDDLE this school | 466 | 60.3% | 36.6% |
| KELLY A BURLISON MIDDLE SCHOOL FREDERICKTOWN | 433 | 60.3% | 35.4% |
| CASSVILLE MIDDLE CASSVILLE | 395 | 60.8% | 44.2% |
| MOUNTAIN GROVE MIDDLE MOUNTAIN GROVE | 424 | 57.1% | 43.6% |
| LINCOLN INTERMEDIATE FARMINGTON | 521 | 57.0% | 42.2% |
| NEVADA MIDDLE NEVADA | 511 | 55.6% | 46.4% |
Matched among Missouri middle 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 MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #242 of 379 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #254 of 380 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #288 of 380 ▼ 96 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #173 of 364 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #181 of 397 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #123 of 321 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.5% | #244 of 321 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #120 of 379 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #121 of 224 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
466
-73 (-14%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 466 | 36.7 | 12.7:1 | 60% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 39.1 | 12.3:1 | 62% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 38.9 | 12.8:1 | 61% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 64% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 34.9 | 14.9:1 | 61% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | 36 | 14.7:1 | 54% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 64% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 46% (305) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BUFFALO MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (519 to 466); teachers up 5% (34.9 to 36.7).
About BUFFALO MIDDLE
BUFFALO MIDDLE is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in BUFFALO, Missouri. The school serves 466 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25.
Across its 3 schools, DALLAS CO. R-I enrolls 1,576 students. BUFFALO MIDDLE is one of those schools.
Most students at BUFFALO MIDDLE are White: 90% of enrollment. Other groups make up 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The White share in Dallas County as a whole is similar, at about 94%. The chance that two students picked at random at BUFFALO MIDDLE belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
Teacher staffing is 36.7 full-time equivalents, or about 12.7 students per teacher. Middle schools in Missouri average about 13.0:1, a similar figure. About 60% of students, or 281, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 60% average for public schools in Dallas County.
allk12 grades BUFFALO MIDDLE a C+. The grade compares the school only with Missouri public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BUFFALO MIDDLE scores 36.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 37.3%.
Across Dallas County, median household income is about $53,464, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. The public schools of Dallas County number 5 and enroll about 1,576.
The closest public school to BUFFALO MIDDLE is MALLORY ELEM., about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles of BUFFALO MIDDLE, there are 2 other public schools. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, BUFFALO MIDDLE ranks 4th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.
BUFFALO MIDDLE had 539 students in 2020-21 and 466 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.4:1 in 2020-21, and 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,551
Census ACS
Median income
$53,464
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,576 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DALLAS CO. R-I
- MALLORY ELEM.Elementary · 599 students
- BUFFALO HIGHHigh · 511 students
- DALLAS COUNTY TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
- Early Childhood CenterElementary
Other schools in BUFFALO
- MALLORY ELEM.Elementary · 599 students
- BUFFALO HIGHHigh · 511 students
- DALLAS COUNTY TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
- Early Childhood CenterElementary
Other Buffalo Middle schools
One other US public school is named Buffalo Middle. BUFFALO MIDDLE is the largest of the 2.
- Buffalo Middle SchoolKenova, WV · 279 students
Nearby schools
- MALLORY ELEM.1.0 mi · 599
- BUFFALO HIGH1.1 mi · 511
- HALFWAY SECONDARY7.7 mi · 114
- HALFWAY ELEM.7.7 mi · 133
- PLEASANT HOPE HIGH14.7 mi · 224
- PLEASANT HOPE ELEM.15.1 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About BUFFALO MIDDLEHow many students attend BUFFALO MIDDLE?
BUFFALO MIDDLE enrolls approximately 466 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does BUFFALO MIDDLE serve?
BUFFALO MIDDLE serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BUFFALO MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BUFFALO MIDDLE is approximately 12.7:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BUFFALO MIDDLE?
At BUFFALO MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees BUFFALO MIDDLE?
BUFFALO MIDDLE is overseen by DALLAS CO. R-I in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.