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Buffalo High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
29891 Old Highway 87
Buffalo, WY 82834
Phone
(307) 684-2269
District
Johnson County School District #1
County
JOHNSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
342
Classroom Teachers
23

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Wyoming

8

(10 is best)

Better than 70.5% of all WY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Buffalo High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
54%
47%
52%
53%
56%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
56%
48%
56%
53%
56%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
11
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 83 24.3%
Grade 10 104 30.4%
Grade 11 88 25.7%
Grade 12 67 19.6%
Total 342 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.9% 93.8% 79.5%
Black 0.9% 0.5% 0.9%
Hispanic 3.9% 3.4% 15.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.3% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.2% 2.0% 3.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 14.9% 22.8% 34.6%
Free lunch eligible 9.9% 15.2% 25.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.0% 7.6% 9.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,536 584,057
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2.1 6
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.4% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.6% 19.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.6% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.2% 24.1%
65 OR OLDER 26.2% 18.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,971 238,176
Single Parent Households With Children 3.7% 7.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.8% 94.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 31.8% 29.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.3% 17.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.0% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.4% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.3% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.6% 14.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.1% 10.6%
$15,000 or less 15.2% 8.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,035 $14,370,000 52.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,360 $1,624,000 5.9%
Staff $908 $1,084,000 4.0%
General Administration $1,008 $1,203,000 4.4%
School Administration $1,139 $1,360,000 5.0%
Operation $2,104 $2,512,000 9.2%
Transportation $905 $1,081,000 4.0%
Other $1,055 $1,260,000 4.6%
Total Support $8,479 $10,124,000 37.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,355 $2,812,000 10.3%
Total Expenditures $22,869 $27,306,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,665 $988,808,000 53.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,132 $104,936,000 5.6%
Staff $823 $76,293,000 4.1%
General Administration $400 $37,061,000 2.0%
School Administration $959 $88,898,000 4.8%
Operation $1,824 $169,144,000 9.1%
Transportation $784 $72,729,000 3.9%
Other $940 $87,197,000 4.7%
Total Support $6,862 $636,258,000 34.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,600 $241,108,000 12.9%
Total Expenditures $20,127 $1,866,174,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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