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Schools in Buffalo Lake

Buffalo Lake’s public schools

Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buffalo Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Minnesota’s middle

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

Reading proficiency
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.9K
▼ 1% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.2
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
451 students on the public path
In brief

Buffalo Lake’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Buffalo Lake’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Element places highest (better than 84%); Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda lowest (32%). 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 Lake, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Elementin HectorA−
6–12Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Secondain HectorC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools.

The district

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

Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 451 students · 13.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$16,933MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading47%
State average 51.1% · 267 students tested
Math47%
State average 44.8% · 260 students tested

Buffalo Lake vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Buffalo Lake—Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Preston Lake—Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart

Every school in Buffalo Lake

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

District schools in Buffalo Lakeby address
Little Stangs Learning Center
Prekindergarten · Grades PK
20 studentsRate it →
Also serving Buffalo Lakein other towns
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Element
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hector
A−
186 students11:1Rate it →
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda
High · Grades 6–12 · Hector
C
245 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Buffalo Lake’s schools

Are Buffalo Lake’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Buffalo Lake. Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buffalo Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Buffalo Lake in?

Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools.

Where do Buffalo Lake kids go to high school?

Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda.

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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.