Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 2

Buffalo Elementary, Buffalo, TX

CEP schoolBuffalo Elementary is a public elementary school in Buffalo, part of Buffalo ISD. It enrolled 270 students in 2024-25, with 12.3 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "BUFFALO EL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 270
Teachers (FTE): 22.0
Students per teacher: 12.3
Grades: PK to 2

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 12.0. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.3

District12.0

Texas15.1

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1700 E Commerce, Buffalo, TX 75831
Phone: (903)322-2473
District: Buffalo ISD
County: Leon County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Rural: Remote
NCES school ID: 481199000700

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 171
Reduced-price lunch: 30
Free or reduced-price lunch: 20174.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.