Buffalo Elementary Primary School
733 Main St
Buffalo SC, 29321, Union County
Phone: 864-429-1730
Ranking: 
(427 out of 841, bottom 49%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 |
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % |
Total Teachers: | 40 | | 42 | | 42 | | 41 | | 43 | | 44 | | 38 | |
Total Students: | 604 | | 570 | | 578 | | 621 | | 655 | | 658 | | 550 | |
Prekindergarten: | 40 | 6.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 43 | 6.9% | 40 | 6.1% | 40 | 6.1% | 40 | 7.3% |
Kindergarten: | 97 | 16.1% | 98 | 17.2% | 97 | 16.8% | 101 | 16.3% | 98 | 15.0% | 105 | 16.0% | 114 | 20.7% |
Grade 1: | 101 | 16.7% | 90 | 15.8% | 92 | 15.9% | 95 | 15.3% | 101 | 15.4% | 110 | 16.7% | 95 | 17.3% |
Grade 2: | 84 | 13.9% | 92 | 16.1% | 94 | 16.3% | 88 | 14.2% | 114 | 17.4% | 101 | 15.3% | 101 | 18.4% |
Grade 3: | 87 | 14.4% | 98 | 17.2% | 94 | 16.3% | 102 | 16.4% | 103 | 15.7% | 106 | 16.1% | 99 | 18.0% |
Grade 4: | 103 | 17.1% | 93 | 16.3% | 98 | 17.0% | 103 | 16.6% | 99 | 15.1% | 95 | 14.4% | 101 | 18.4% |
Grade 5: | 92 | 15.2% | 99 | 17.4% | 103 | 17.8% | 89 | 14.3% | 96 | 14.7% | 101 | 15.3% | NA | NA |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: |
Male: | 327 | 54.1% | 288 | 50.5% | 305 | 52.8% | 322 | 51.9% | 331 | 50.5% | 330 | 50.2% | 280 | 50.9% |
Female: | 277 | 45.9% | 282 | 49.5% | 273 | 47.2% | 299 | 48.1% | 315 | 48.1% | 319 | 48.5% | 264 | 48.0% |
Student By Races: |
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% |
Asian: | 3 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.4% |
Hispanic: | 11 | 1.8% | 10 | 1.8% | 12 | 2.1% | 15 | 2.4% | 15 | 2.3% | 9 | 1.4% | 14 | 2.5% |
Black: | 227 | 37.6% | 218 | 38.2% | 216 | 37.4% | 230 | 37.0% | 274 | 41.8% | 267 | 40.6% | 223 | 40.5% |
White: | 331 | 54.8% | 317 | 55.6% | 331 | 57.3% | 358 | 57.6% | 364 | 55.6% | 377 | 57.3% | 308 | 56.0% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 32 | 5.3% | 21 | 3.7% | 16 | 2.8% | 16 | 2.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: |
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 415 | 68.7% | 372 | 65.3% | 384 | 66.4% | 395 | 63.6% | 416 | 63.5% | 344 | 52.3% | 295 | 53.6% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 38 | 6.3% | 48 | 8.4% | 37 | 6.4% | 34 | 5.5% | 55 | 8.4% | 48 | 7.3% | 36 | 6.5% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.18 | | 13.57 | | 13.76 | | 15.15 | | 15.41 | | 15.10 | | 14.70 | |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
PASS |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 83.2% | N/A |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 87.1% | N/A |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 85.2% | N/A |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 83.7% | N/A |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 88.5% | N/A |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 89.8% | N/A |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 71% | N/A |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 77% | N/A |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 85.7% | N/A |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 82% | N/A |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 79.7% | N/A |
2003 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 81.3% | N/A |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 79.9% | N/A |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83% | 76.3% | N/A |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 73.4% | N/A |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81% | 75.8% | N/A |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 79.3% | N/A |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 62.4% | N/A |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 68.7% | N/A |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 75.1% | N/A |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76% | 70.6% | N/A |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 68.6% | N/A |
2003 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 47.3% | N/A |
2004 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 54.3% | N/A |
2005 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 63.9% | N/A |
2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 56.3% | N/A |
2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 56% | 55.7% | N/A |
2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 65.1% | N/A |
2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.1% | 52.4% | N/A |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 55.6% | N/A |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76% | 71.4% | N/A |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 57% | N/A |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 68.4% | N/A |
2003 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 60.1% | N/A |
2004 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 66.1% | N/A |
2005 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74% | 73.5% | N/A |
2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 79.1% | N/A |
2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 88.1% | N/A |
2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90% | 88% | N/A |
2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 78.5% | N/A |
2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.1% | 72.4% | N/A |
2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73% | 79.7% | N/A |
2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.1% | 69.6% | N/A |
2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 78.6% | N/A |
2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 53.4% | 59.1% | N/A |
2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 70.8% | N/A |
2013 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 66.1% | N/A |
2003 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 78.5% | N/A |
2004 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 80.4% | N/A |
2005 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 79% | 78.8% | N/A |
2006 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 83.1% | N/A |
2007 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 84% | N/A |
2008 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 79.9% | N/A |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 71.6% | N/A |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 68.6% | N/A |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 77.2% | N/A |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 75.6% | N/A |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 73.3% | N/A |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91% | 83.4% | N/A |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 79.7% | N/A |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 74.3% | N/A |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 75.6% | N/A |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 72.7% | N/A |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 71.6% | N/A |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 74.1% | N/A |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 75.2% | N/A |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 76% | N/A |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 78.8% | N/A |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 74.8% | N/A |
2003 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 47% | N/A |
2004 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 59.8% | N/A |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 59.8% | N/A |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 50% | 54.8% | N/A |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 53.3% | N/A |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 63% | N/A |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 63.9% | N/A |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 51% | 63.3% | N/A |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 69.5% | N/A |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 70.3% | N/A |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 64.3% | N/A |
2003 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 57% | N/A |
2004 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 65.4% | N/A |
2005 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 75% | N/A |
2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 65.9% | N/A |
2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 68.5% | N/A |
2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 71.6% | N/A |
2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 76.9% | N/A |
2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 75.7% | N/A |
2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 77.2% | N/A |
2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 81.3% | N/A |
2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.8% | 75.4% | N/A |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 67.5% | N/A |
2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 66.2% | N/A |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 65.5% | N/A |
2009 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 73.9% | N/A |
2010 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 74.4% | N/A |
2011 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 72% | N/A |
2012 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 78.2% | N/A |
2013 | English/Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 83% | N/A |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.6% | 61.2% | N/A |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 65% | N/A |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 69.5% | N/A |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 76.1% | N/A |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 78.7% | N/A |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.2% | 60.5% | N/A |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 59.9% | N/A |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 56.8% | N/A |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 76.4% | N/A |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 68% | N/A |
2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 54% | N/A |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 51% | 53.6% | N/A |
2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 67.3% | N/A |
2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 68% | 66% | N/A |
2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 73.1% | N/A |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 62.6% | N/A |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 68.6% | N/A |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 69.6% | N/A |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 68.2% | N/A |
2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 73.9% | N/A |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 35.1% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 64.9% |
|
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 16.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 10.8% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 89.2% |
|
Mean Base Salary: | $45,172.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $31,932.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $46,777.0 |
* Buffalo Elementary Primary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.