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Buffalo Public School District

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Buffalo Public School District is located in south Minnesota. Buffalo Public School District has 137.99 square miles of land area and 11.27 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Buffalo Public School District population is 31,854. Buffalo Public School District median household income is $71,852 in 2010-2014. Buffalo Public School District median house value is $203,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Buffalo Public School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (54 out of 321, top 17%) Elementary/Middle School: (89 out of 332, top 27%)* Rank: #66
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	11
Population	31,854 (2010-2014), rank #40
Population Growth	6.07% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	213.42/sq mi, rank #51
Median Household Income:	$71,852 at 2010-2014—1.28% increase since 2005-2009, rank #46
Median House Price:	$203,500 at 2010-2014—-12.13% increase since 2005-2009, rank #54
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	137.99 sq mi, rank #211
Water Area:	11.27 sq mi (7.55%), rank #75
State:	Minnesota
County:	Wright County, Hennepin County
City:	Montrose, Saint Michael, Buffalo, Delano, Waverly, Hanover, Rogers, Osseo, Greenfield, Corcoran
Zip:	55363, 55313, 55376, 55328, 55390, 55341, 55374, 55311, 55369, 55357, 55340
Area:	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

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Buffalo Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

214 1st Ave Ne

Buffalo MN, 55313, Wright County

Phone: 763-682-8707

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	5,906	5,907	5,872	5,903	5,892	5,908	5,777
English Language Learner Students:	48	74	97	117	132	142	148
Total Teachers:	327.10	322.40	318.27	318.33	316.76	323.10	340.70
Prekindergarten:	15.39	15.43	14.96	13.45	12.42	12.30	11.20
Kindergarten:	15.62	17.72	14.34	12.94	10.93	11.50	13.50
Elementary:	152.36	145.19	143.70	138.80	143.34	146.00	153.10
Secondary:	138.20	139.00	140.55	148.62	144.41	146.30	155.90
Ungraded:	5.53	5.06	4.72	4.52	5.66	7.00	7.00
Total Other Staff:	300.66	294.60	300.25	298.17	288.20	291.90	306.20
Instructional Aides:	87.12	82.43	83.36	84.15	79.50	84.30	92.10
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	10.02	8.43	9.30	6.33	6.30	3.20	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.50	3.54	3.54	3.54	3.34	4.00	5.50
Library/Media Support:	6.80	6.02	5.67	5.92	6.02	6.60	6.70
District Administrators:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	9.00
District Administrative Support:	12.84	12.84	12.84	12.84	13.72	14.70	15.70
School Administrators:	13.00	12.50	13.50	12.50	12.00	12.00	12.00
School Administrative Support:	26.05	25.80	25.68	25.91	25.08	25.20	24.40
Student Support Services:	52.52	51.71	51.34	51.28	52.04	49.80	50.10
Other Support Services:	74.81	77.33	81.02	81.70	76.20	78.10	79.70
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.06	18.32	18.45	18.54	18.60	18.29	16.96

Schools

Buffalo Community Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1300 Hwy 25 North, Buffalo MN 55313
Buffalo Early Child. Sp. Ed Program	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	214 Ne 1st Ave, Buffalo MN 55313
Buffalo Senior High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	877 Bison Blvd, Buffalo MN 55313
Discovery Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	301 Ne 2nd Ave, Buffalo MN 55313
Hanover Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	274 Labeauxe Ave Ne, Hanover MN 55341
Montrose Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	100 Se 2nd St, Montrose MN 55363
Northwinds Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1111 7th Ave Nw, Buffalo MN 55313
Parkside Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	207 3rd St Ne, Buffalo MN 55313
Phoenix Learning Center	Grade 9 to Grade 12	800 8th St Ne, Buffalo MN 55313
Pride Transitions	Grade 12 to Grade 12	214 1st Ave Ne, Buffalo MN 55313
Tatanka Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	703 8th St Ne, Buffalo MN 55313

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.6%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.3%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.8%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	79.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	82%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	39.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	38.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	34.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	45.8%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	45.6%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	60.1%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87.4%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72.8%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.6%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.4%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.3%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	66.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	72.2%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.3%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.9%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	83.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	58.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.3%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.7%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.3%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	52.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.2%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.5%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.6%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	52.6%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	50.1%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.5%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.2%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88.3%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.6%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.4%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.5%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.0%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	95%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	91.1%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	97.9%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	93.4%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.2%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.8%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.2%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.2%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.8%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48.6%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.5%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.8%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.5%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50.1%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.8%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.7%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.4%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.6%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	55.7%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$67,940,000	$11,570		$68,177,000	$11,550		$64,319,000	$10,916
Federal:	$3,716,000	$633	5.5%	$3,028,000	$513	4.4%	$6,511,000	$1,105	10.1%
State:	$44,458,000	$7,571	65.4%	$43,014,000	$7,287	63.1%	$39,872,000	$6,767	62.0%
Local:	$19,766,000	$3,366	29.1%	$22,135,000	$3,750	32.5%	$17,936,000	$3,044	27.9%
Total Expenditures:	$61,356,000	$10,449		$60,224,000	$10,202		$70,506,000	$11,966
Total Current Expenditures:	$51,806,000	$8,823		$50,767,000	$8,600		$59,343,000	$10,072
Instructional Expenditures:	$35,022,000	$5,964	67.6%	$33,907,000	$5,744	66.8%	$40,771,000	$6,920	68.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,260,000	$555	6.3%	$3,238,000	$549	6.4%	$3,957,000	$672	6.7%
Administration:	$3,295,000	$561	6.4%	$3,376,000	$572	6.6%	$3,683,000	$625	6.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$10,229,000	$1,742	19.7%	$10,246,000	$1,736	20.2%	$10,932,000	$1,855	18.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,383,000	$406		$2,596,000	$440		$3,504,000	$595
Construction:	$1,176,000	$200		$1,345,000	$228		$2,079,000	$353
Total Other:	$3,202,000	$545		$2,960,000	$501		$3,380,000	$574
Interest on Debt:	$2,842,000	$484		$2,770,000	$469		$3,021,000	$513

Total Salary:	$32,860,000	$5,596		$32,324,000	$5,476		$31,237,000	$5,302
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$23,921,000	$4,074	72.8%	$23,543,000	$3,988	72.8%	$22,886,000	$3,884	73.3%
Other Salary:	$8,939,000	$1,522	27.2%	$8,781,000	$1,488	27.2%	$8,351,000	$1,417	26.7%
Total Benefit:	$11,400,000	$1,941		$10,894,000	$1,846		$20,984,000	$3,561
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$8,478,000	$1,444	74.4%	$8,096,000	$1,372	74.3%	$15,386,000	$2,611	73.3%
Other Benefit:	$2,922,000	$498	25.6%	$2,798,000	$474	25.7%	$5,598,000	$950	26.7%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	51.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	48.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	20.5%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	17.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	31.8%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	19.5%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	11.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$50,069.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,372.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$44,241.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$53,087.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$59,828.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$62,317.0

* Buffalo Public School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.