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Schools in Buffalo

Buffalo’s public schools

Altoona-Midway Unified School District 387 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buffalo. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% 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
22%
2021–22
Math proficiency
12%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$23.8K
▲ 59% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
8.1
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
151 students on the public path
In brief

Buffalo’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Buffalo’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Altoona-Midway Elementary places highest (better than 46%); Altoona-Midway Middle/High School lowest (14%). 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, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Altoona-Midway Elementaryin AltoonaB−
6–12Altoona-Midway Middle/High SchoolAltoona-Midway Unified School District 387D

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Altoona-Midway Unified School District 387.

The district

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

Altoona-Midway Unified School District 387Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 151 students, down 12% since 2020–21 · 8.1 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$23,831KS $14,966 · FY2024
D−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading22%
State average 32.5% · 82 students tested
Math12%
State average 29.4% · 82 students tested

Buffalo vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Buffalo—Altoona-Midway Unified School District 387

Every school in Buffalo

2 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 Buffaloin other towns
Altoona-Midway Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Altoona
B−
72 students8:1Rate it →
Altoona-Midway Middle/High School
High · Grades 6–12
D
79 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Buffalo’s schools

Are Buffalo’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Buffalo. Altoona-Midway Unified School District 387 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buffalo. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Buffalo in?

Altoona-Midway Unified School District 387.

Where do Buffalo kids go to high school?

Altoona-Midway Middle/High School.

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What Buffalo 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.