Buffalo Senior High School - Buffalo, Minnesota/MN

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Buffalo Senior High School

877 Bison Blvd, Buffalo, MN, 55313-3300 -

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Definition of Terms

Buffalo Senior High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Wright County, MN

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1707 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

89 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 428 students

Grade 10 - 452 students

Grade 11 - 415 students

Grade 12 - 412 students

This School

(MN) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:19

1:17

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(MN) School Average

% American Indian	1%	2%
% Asian	1%	5%
% Hispanic	2%	3%
% Black	2%	7%
% White	95%	80%

Additional Student Information

This School

(MN) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

10%

20%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(MN) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Buffalo School District

This School's Agency

(MN) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	9	3
Number of Students Managed	5,497 students	766 students
District Total Revenue	$52,211,000	$7,976,000
District Expenditure	$70,498,000	$8,268,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,498	$10,413
District Expenditure / Student	$12,825	$10,794
District Graduation Rates	93%	92%

Buffalo High School is located off of County Road 35 in Buffalo, Minnesota. A constantly-growing area, along with three communities contributing students.
History: Like many other high schools in the area, Buffalo High School (BHS) has moved from building to building as enrollment figures have grown. Education in the Buffalo area started in what is now the local theater. As time went on, what is now Discovery Elementary School and the District #877 offices became the high school. Enrollment again took a rise and the 1970s, the school was moved to a new building off of Highway 25. The suburbanization of little town Minnesota soon took its toll on Buffalo, and in 1994 a referendum for a new school east of town was approved. It was not until 1997 that the new building opened. With the opening, the previous high school building become the Buffalo Community Middle School (BCMS). The former middle school building became Discovery Elementary, which also houses the District 877 administration offices.
School Building: Construction for the building began in 1995 and finished in the winter of 1998. BHS was the newest high school in the county until Monticello High School was built and finished in 2002.
Bison Activity Center: Finished in the beginning of 2006 the field house is the largest of it's kind in Minnesota, offering an indoor track (6 laps = 1 mile), 36 basketball hoops, 8 retractable curtain walls, retractable baseball pitching nets, batting cages, and 6 retractable tennis nets.
Arts Magnet: Starting in the 2005-2006 school Buffalo High School started a school within a school with their "Arts Magnet" program. This is designed to harbor the more artistically inclined students with an unique program which plays to their strengths in: Visual, Theater, and Musical art. After the A.M first year over 50% of the students enrolled left, going back to the traditional school setting.
Special Events: Freshman Orientation and Open House, Homecoming, Parent-Teacher Conferences, Silent Bowl Auction, Pep Fests, Donation Drives, Sadie Hawkins Dance, Snow Daze, Variety Show, Blood Drive, Senior Privileges, Senior Skip Day, Prom, Symposiums, Baccalaureate, Student Appreciation Day, Graduation, All Night Graduation Party.
School activities - Academic: One Act Play, Fall Play, Drumline, School Newspaper The Hoofprint, Yearbook & Publications The Tatanka, Marching Band, Speech, Mock Trial, Knowledge Bowl, Science Club, BPA, FFA, International Club.
Athletics - Fall: Football - 9th, 10th, JV, Varsity; Boys and Girls Soccer - 9th, 10th, JV, Varisty; Volleyball - 9th, 10th, JV, Varsity; Girls Swimming - JV, Varsity; Boys and Girls Cross Country - JV, Varsity; Cheerleading Year-round.
Winter: Boys and Girls Basketball - 9th, 10th, JV, Varsity; Boys Swimming; Boys and Girls Hockey - JV, Varsity Note: Other Hockey programs are not run through BHS; Nordic Skiing - JV, Varsity; Alpine Skiing - JV, Varsity; Gymnastics - JV, Varsity.
Spring: Baseball - 9th, 10th, JV, Varsity Reserve, Varsity; Softball - 9th, 10th, JV, Varsity; Track and Field; Tennis - JV, Varsity.
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