Buffalo High School

As a close-knit high school in Buffalo, West Virginia, Buffalo High School serves 382 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Putnam County Schools. That puts it 40% smaller than the typical public school in West Virginia, which averages around 640 students.

Putnam County Schools comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 8,518 students; Buffalo High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Buffalo High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). That composition is broadly in line with Putnam County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Putnam County) logs that median household income runs about $79,527, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Putnam County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,518 students), of which Buffalo High School is one.

Buffalo Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Buffalo High School has climbed 12%, going from 341 students in 2018 to 382 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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