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Schools in Buffalo

Buffalo’s public schools

Cochrane-Fountain City School District 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?1/2schools above Wisconsin’s middle

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

Reading proficiency
42%
2021–22
Math proficiency
33%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.4K
▼ 19% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.4
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
515 students on the public path
In brief

Buffalo’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Buffalo’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary places highest (better than 63%); Cochrane-Fountain City High lowest (22%). 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–6Cochrane-Fountain City Elementaryin Fountain CityB
7–12Cochrane-Fountain City Highin Fountain CityC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cochrane-Fountain City 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.

Cochrane-Fountain City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 515 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 12.4 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$13,362WI $16,459 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading42%
State average 38.1% · 273 students tested
Math33%
State average 38.7% · 273 students tested

Buffalo vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Buffalo—Cochrane-Fountain City
Dodge—Arcadia
Trempealeau—Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau
Cross—Cochrane-Fountain City
Fountain City—Cochrane-Fountain City

2 of the 4 neighbors share Cochrane-Fountain City with Buffalo, so their letters differ mainly through other districts. Homer, MN and Winona, MN border Buffalo but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Buffalo

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

Also serving Buffaloin other towns
Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Fountain City
B
271 students12:1Rate it →
Cochrane-Fountain City High
High · Grades 7–12 · Fountain City
C−
244 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Buffalo’s schools

Are Buffalo’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Buffalo. Cochrane-Fountain City School District 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, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Buffalo in?

Cochrane-Fountain City School District.

Where do Buffalo kids go to high school?

Cochrane-Fountain City High.

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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.