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Schools in Buffalo City

Buffalo City’s public schools

Mountain Home School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buffalo City. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Arkansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Arkansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
48%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
91%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.6K
▼ 7% vs AR $13.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.3
AR 12.4 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,683 students on the public path
In brief

Buffalo City’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Buffalo City’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Pinkston Middle School places highest (better than 88%); Hackler Intermediate School lowest (81%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Buffalo City, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–KMountain Home Kindergartenin Mountain HomeNo scores
3–5Hackler Intermediate Schoolin Mountain HomeA−
6–7Pinkston Middle Schoolin Mountain HomeA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Mountain Home School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Mountain Home School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 3,817 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 14.3 per teacher (AR 12.4)
$12,597AR $13,585 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading48%
State average 39.9% · 2380 students tested
Math47%
State average 38.3% · 2381 students tested

Buffalo City vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Buffalo City’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Buffalo City—Mountain Home

Every school in Buffalo City

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Buffalo Cityin other towns
Mountain Home Kindergarten
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Mountain Home
300 students16:1Rate it →
Hackler Intermediate School
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Mountain Home
A−
837 students19:1Rate it →
Pinkston Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–7 · Mountain Home
A
546 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Buffalo City’s schools

Are Buffalo City’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Buffalo City. Mountain Home School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buffalo City. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Buffalo City in?

Mountain Home School District.

Where do Buffalo City kids go to high school?

Pinkston Middle School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.