Buffalo Elementary

Buffalo Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in Buffalo, South Carolina, overseen by Union 01, with 483 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Union 01 comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,542 students; Buffalo Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Buffalo Elementary logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 35% Black, 15% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Union County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $41,621 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Buffalo Elementary is one of 7 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 3,542 students).

The closest other public school is Foster Park Elementary, roughly 2.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

Buffalo Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Buffalo Elementary has shrank 16%, going from 575 students in 2018 to 483 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 53% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Buffalo Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.