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Schools in Buffalo Township

Buffalo Township’s public schools

Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6 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?2/2schools above South Dakota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in South Dakota’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
57%
2021–22
Math proficiency
42%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.9K
▲ 14% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.6
SD 13.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
217 students on the public path
In brief

Buffalo Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Buffalo Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 places highest (better than 64%); Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01 lowest (51%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Buffalo Township, graded from B to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one high school: Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01. 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
K–83 schoolsDepends on your addressB
9–12Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01in TulareB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6.

The district

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

Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 236 students, up 8% since 2020–21 · 9.6 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$14,915SD $13,040 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading57%
State average 51% · 121 students tested
Math42%
State average 42.2% · 121 students tested

Buffalo Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Buffalo Township—Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6
Lake—Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6
Garfield—Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6
Nance—Wolsey-Wessington School District 02-6 PK–12 · Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6 PK–12
Burdette—Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6 PK–12 · Miller Area School District 29-4 K–12

All 4 neighbors share Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6 with Buffalo Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Buffalo Township

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

Also serving Buffalo Townshipin other towns
Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Hitchcock
B
116 students11:1Rate it →
Glendale Colony Elementary - 04
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Frankfort
22 students8:1Rate it →
Spink Colony Elementary - 03
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Frankfort
21 students8:1Rate it →
Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01
High · Grades 9–12 · Tulare
B−
58 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Buffalo Township’s schools

Are Buffalo Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Buffalo Township. Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6 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 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Buffalo Township in?

Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6.

Where do Buffalo Township kids go to high school?

Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01.

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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.