BUFFALO J H

BUFFALO J H, a compact middle school in BUFFALO, Texas, part of BUFFALO ISD, instructs 414 students, covering grades 3 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 643.

BUFFALO ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 988 students; BUFFALO J H is among them.

On the student-mix side, BUFFALO J H lists that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 41% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the resource side, BUFFALO J H records 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 54% 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), BUFFALO J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Leon County indicate median household income runs about $61,449, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Leon County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,286 students), BUFFALO J H is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BUFFALO H S, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around BUFFALO J H. On composite proficiency, BUFFALO J H comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 43.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. BUFFALO J H's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 421 (now 414).

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