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Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools

Buffalo, Minnesota · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

5,175
Students enrolled
11
Public schools
292
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 168
  • Kindergarten 354
  • Grade 1 340
  • Grade 2 367
  • Grade 3 372
  • Grade 4 329
  • Grade 5 368
  • Grade 6 367
  • Grade 7 417
  • Grade 8 376
  • Grade 9 370
  • Grade 10 453
  • Grade 11 411
  • Grade 12 483

By race/ethnicity

  • White 86%
  • Hispanic/Latino 5%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • Black or African American 3%
  • Asian 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

27% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,404 of 5,175 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 21%
  • Reduced-price lunch 6%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,796 spent per student on day-to-day operations Minnesota median: $15,494 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,840
  • Support services $4,190
  • Other (food service, etc.) $766

Where the money comes from

  • Local 31%
  • State 64%
  • Federal 5%

Total revenue $99.8 milliontotal spending $90.5 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year. Some figures for this district are NCES estimates.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: FringeStudents: 93% town, 7% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

634

District office

214 1ST AVE NE, Buffalo MN 55313

County

Wright County

Official website

NCES District ID

2707200

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About Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Buffalo School District is regarded as one of the premiere urban school systems in New York State. Serving 37,000 students in nearly 65 facilities, the district strives to bring exemplary teaching practices and unparalleled opportunities to its diverse student population.
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