Buffalo High School
4 out of 5 | 5 Reviews
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School Description
School Summary and Highlights
- Enrolls 593 high school students from grades 9-12
- Ranks 361st out of 513 high schools in MO.
- 2010 Overall School AYP Met Status: Not Met
Additional Contact Information
- Mailing Address: 500 W Main, Buffalo, MO 65622
- Principal or Admin: Debby Dryer
- Fax: (417) 345-8495
School District Details
- Dallas County R-I School District
- Per-Pupil Spending: $8,548
- Graduation Rate: 80.3%
- Dropout Rate: 3.7%
- Students Per Teacher: 12.8
- Enrolled Students: 1,903
Faculty Details and Student Enrollment
Students and Faculty
- Total Students Enrolled: 593
- Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 38.9
- Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 15.3
Students Gender Breakdown
- Males: 313 (52.8%)
- Females: 280 (47.2%)
Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown
- Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 50 (8.4%)
- Eligible for Free Lunch: 274 (46.2%)
- Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 324 (54.6%)
Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity
| Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian | 1 | 0.2% |
| Black | 2 | 0.3% |
| Asian | 2 | 0.3% |
| Hispanic | 8 | 1.3% |
| White | 580 | 97.8% |
Number of Students Per Grade
| Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| 9th Grade | 174 | 29.3% |
| 10th Grade | 162 | 27.3% |
| 11th Grade | 123 | 20.7% |
| 12th Grade | 134 | 22.6% |
Classroom Environment (2010)
Students Per Classroom
School:
21.0
District:
17.0
Graduation and Dropout Rates (2010)
Graduation Rate
School:
85.1%
District:
85.1%
Dropout Rate
School:
3.1%
District:
3.1%
Post-Graduate Profiles (2010)
Percent Entering a 2-Year College: 34.6%
Percent Entering a 4-Year College: 17.7%
Percent Entering the Work Force: 29.2%
Percent Entering the Military: 6.2%
Percent Unknown: 1.5%
Faculty Information (2010)
Principal Years of Experience: 18.0
Teacher Average Years of Experience: 10.0
Faculty Salary (2010)
Average Salary of Administration: $62,250
Average Salary of Teachers: $39,355
Teacher Credentials (2009)
Percent of Teachers with Regular Certificates
School:
97.8%
District:
98.0%
Percent of Teachers with Special Certificates
School:
2.2%
District:
2.0%
Source: MO Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010
School Ratings and Reviews
Overall Rating: 4
4 out of 5 | 5 Reviews
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5 reviews for Buffalo High School
- Reviewed by Former Student on September 26, 2010
- Rating:
(5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate - It saddens me to read the comments posted below. I graduated from BHS almost 30 years ago. Looking back I can see that the quality of education I received was far superior to what I have witnessed with my own children's public school education over the last 16 years. There was no gray area of right and wrong, regardless of how a student "felt" about the answer. We were graded on the merits of our own work, not time-wasting group projects. Discipline was swift and, generally, fair. Although I did not like all of my teachers I can say that the VAST majority held my education as a priority. What seems to be happening here is probably not an isolated incidence of lethargy or poor funding. It is a disease of the 21st century that unfortunately seems to have reached rural southwest Missouri. How sad.
- Reviewed by Former Student on July 07, 2010
- Rating:
(1 / 5) Flag as inappropriate - It could be a lot better, but it has lost too many good teachers. We recently have lost excellent teachers: speech, music, Spanish, and math. (The math program, formerly exemplary, has been sadly reduced to mediocrity.) The administration needs to learn how to keep these good teachers or education in our community will continue to suffer.
- Reviewed by Student on April 06, 2010
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- This school has to be one of the worst! I agree with both statements and many of the rules are unfair. If a child in the school is attacked/tackled in the halls and a teacher sees this on camera, then later the principal talks to the students and gives the attacker what they deserve but the attackie just as much punnishment..is this very fair? I just don't understand this method! These school rules make me feel like I can't defend my self and shouldn't try to be my self. This school has taken my confidence and made me suffer through these miseribal years. I do not recomend this school what so ever!
- Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on March 12, 2010
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- Obviously, the spelling in the previous post should provide evidence of the validity for the need of improvement of the school!
- Reviewed by Former Student on August 01, 2009
- Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
- i attended buffalo schools grades K-10 and i strongly do not recomend this school for anyone! the teachers as well as other staff members are very irational and rood, if you are not participating in any extra curricular sports you are not treated as well as those who are. the teachers also cannot control thier students very well and do not give the students as much help as they should, basically just hand you a book and the assignments and say read these pages, do the worksheets, and its due by the end of the hour!that to me is unexeptable! Also they DO NOT seem to care about the students! they treat everyone differenly. and i honestly can say it is nothing but a bunch of irresponsible adults on a power trip running that school!! so read and listen, if u must find out for yourself GOOD LUCK!!! and all of this is my own personal opinion!!!
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Test Scores and Performance Information
Overall School Rating
How is this determined?
The overall school rating shows that Buffalo High School performed on average worse than many other schools across the state on MAP state exams in the following subjects:
- Algebra I
- Algebra II
- American History
- Biology
- English I
- English II
- Geometry
- Government
ACT Exam Performance (2010)
ACT Composite Score
School:
22.0
District:
22.0
Percent of Graduates Scoring Higher Than the National Average: 36.6%
Percent of Graduates Taking the ACT
School:
57.3%
District:
57.3%
AYP Details (2010)
Overall AYP Met: Not Met
MAP - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject
End of Course - % of students at or above proficiency
| School | District | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algebra I Test | |||
| 2010 | 63.3% | 63.3% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | 72.4% | 72.4% | 52.7% |
| Algebra II Test | |||
| 2010 | 40.0% | 40.0% | 41.8% |
| American History Test | |||
| 2010 | 34.6% | 34.6% | - |
| Biology Test | |||
| 2010 | 45.9% | 45.9% | 56.7% |
| 2009 | 63.0% | 63.0% | 55.1% |
| English I Test | |||
| 2010 | 45.8% | 45.8% | 56.1% |
| English II Test | |||
| 2010 | 67.8% | 67.8% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | 80.6% | 80.6% | 72.6% |
| Geometry Test | |||
| 2010 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 51.4% |
| Government Test | |||
| 2010 | 9.1% | 9.1% | - |
Source: MO Department of Education 2009-2010
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