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Best kept secret on campus at Buffalo Point School?
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Enrollment
726
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS DISTRICT·NCES 490021001221
Buffalo Point School
1924 SOUTH DORAL DRIVE, SYRACUSE, UT 84075 · (801) 402-8400 · Davis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL726 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
89 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.7%
UT avg 41.4% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
50.1%
UT avg 41.8% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Utah 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 Utah'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
726
-303 (-29%) vs 2017
% White
79%
was 87%
% Hispanic
16%
was 7%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Buffalo Point School
Buffalo Point School is a mid-tier elementary school in SYRACUSE, Utah, part of Davis District. The school serves 726 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Buffalo Point School sits 48% bigger than that benchmark.
Davis District comprises 95 schools with combined enrollment of 71,703 students; Buffalo Point School is among them.
On demographics, Buffalo Point School records that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Buffalo Point School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.8%, the actual is 49.5%, a residual of -4.3 points.
In the broader community, census data for Davis County shows median household income runs about $110,884, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Davis County runs 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students), of which Buffalo Point School is one.
Syracuse Arts Academy - Antelope is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Buffalo Point School. On composite proficiency, Buffalo Point School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Buffalo Point School has declined 29%, going from 1,029 students in 2018 to 726 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 87% to 79% over that span.
On allk12, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Davis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,924
Census ACS
Median income
$110,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
81,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davis District
- Syracuse HighHigh · 2,608 students
- Davis HighHigh · 2,238 students
- Layton HighHigh · 2,231 students
- Farmington HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Clearfield HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Northridge HighHigh · 1,984 students
Other schools in SYRACUSE
- Syracuse HighHigh · 2,608 students
- Syracuse Jr HighMiddle · 1,216 students
- Syracuse Arts Academy - AntelopeCombined · 988 students
- Bluff Ridge SchoolElementary · 915 students
- Syracuse SchoolElementary · 865 students
- Syracuse Arts Academy - NorthElementary · 730 students
Nearby schools
- Syracuse Arts Academy - Antelope0.8 mi · 988
- Syracuse Jr High1.7 mi · 1,216
- Island View Elementary1.7 mi · 820
- Syracuse School1.7 mi · 865
- Syracuse High2.2 mi · 2,608
- West Point School2.2 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Buffalo Point SchoolHow large is Buffalo Point School?
Buffalo Point School enrolls approximately 726 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Buffalo Point School serve?
Buffalo Point School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Buffalo Point School?
Approximately 24.6:1 students per teacher at Buffalo Point School.
What is the student diversity at Buffalo Point School?
Student demographics at Buffalo Point School are roughly 79% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Buffalo Point School in?
Buffalo Point School is part of Davis District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.