BUFFALO H S
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Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 30 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Texas 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 Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BUFFALO H S
BUFFALO H S is a secondary school of very small scale in BUFFALO, Texas, one of the schools within BUFFALO ISD, teacheing 304 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 62% below typical.
BUFFALO ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 988 students; BUFFALO H S is among them.
On the student-mix side, BUFFALO H S lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 46% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Leon County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BUFFALO H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BUFFALO H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.6%, the actual is 60.8%, a residual of +13.3 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Leon County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $61,449 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Leon County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,286 students), BUFFALO H S is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: BUFFALO J H, around 0.4 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BUFFALO H S at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 41.6%.
BUFFALO H S operates from a rural location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BUFFALO H S has climbed 14%, going from 266 students in 2018 to 304 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 41% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.
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