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Schools in Buffalo Township

Buffalo Township’s public schools

Great Bend Unified School District 428 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buffalo Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/7schools above Kansas’s middle

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

Reading proficiency
26%
2021–22
Math proficiency
25%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.2K
▲ 8% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.1
KS 13.3
Schools in town
0
2,876 students on the public path
In brief

Buffalo Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Buffalo Township’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Jefferson Elem places highest (better than 72%); Great Bend High School lowest (19%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Five elementary schools serve Buffalo Township, graded from C− to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Great Bend High School. 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 Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–65 schoolsDepends on your addressC− to B+
7–8Great Bend Middle Schoolin Great BendC
9–12Great Bend High Schoolin Great BendC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Great Bend Unified School District 428.

The district

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

Great Bend Unified School District 428Grades PK–12 · 7 schools · 2,876 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 13.1 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$16,214KS $14,966 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading26%
State average 32.5% · 1405 students tested
Math25%
State average 29.4% · 1447 students tested

Buffalo Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Buffalo Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Buffalo Township—Great Bend Unified School District 428
Great BendC+Great Bend Unified School District 428
Eureka—Hoisington Unified School District 431
Liberty—Great Bend Unified School District 428 PK–12 · Fort Larned Unified School District 495 PK–12
Clarence—Great Bend Unified School District 428 PK–12 · Fort Larned Unified School District 495 PK–12

3 of the 4 neighbors share Great Bend Unified School District 428 with Buffalo Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Buffalo Township

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

Also serving Buffalo Townshipin other towns
Eisenhower Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Great Bend
B−
343 students13:1Rate it →
Park Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Great Bend
B−
304 students15:1Rate it →
Jefferson Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Great Bend
B+
297 students14:1Rate it →
Riley Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Great Bend
C−
296 students13:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Great Bend
B+
275 students15:1Rate it →
Great Bend Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Great Bend
C
438 students11:1Rate it →
Great Bend High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Great Bend
C−
923 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Buffalo Township’s schools

Are Buffalo Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Buffalo Township. Great Bend Unified School District 428 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buffalo Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Buffalo Township in?

Great Bend Unified School District 428.

Where do Buffalo Township kids go to high school?

Great Bend High School.

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What Buffalo Township families are saying about 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.