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Buffalo, Texas - 3 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks Buffalo Isd #548 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,372 per pupil, Buffalo Isd ranks #702 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,052
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,372
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Buffalo Isd operates 3 public schools serving 1,052 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Leon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,372 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 41.4% local, 42.3% state, and 16.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 49/100, ranked #548 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 342:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.1% White, 42.6% Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Buffalo J H, with a diversity index of 59.6/100.
Its largest campus is Buffalo J H, enrolling 414 students (42% of the district's total enrollment).
Buffalo J H accounts for 39.4% of all Buffalo Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Buffalo Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Buffalo Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 58.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Buffalo Isd student-counselor ratio is 342:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Buffalo Isd is typically wider than the Buffalo Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Buffalo Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 25.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Buffalo Isd is typically wider than the Buffalo Isd-aggregate figure suggests.