Buffalo Hills Elementary
Kearney, NE · Elementary School · Grades -1-5
Buffalo Hills Elementary is a elementary school in Kearney, NE with 316 students enrolled and a 70% proficiency rate. Part of Kearney Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Buffalo Hills Elementary is a elementary school located in Kearney, Nebraska. The school serves 316 students in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 70% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
21% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Buffalo Hills Elementary is part of the Kearney Public Schools in Nebraska.
How This School Compares
Buffalo Hills Elementary has 316 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Kearney Public Schools (439 students). Its 70% proficiency rate is 17 percentage points above the district average of 54%. Compared to the Nebraska state average of 53%, the school performs 17 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Buffalo Hills Elementary has 316 students enrolled in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1.
According to EDFacts data, 70% of students at Buffalo Hills Elementary meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Buffalo Hills Elementary is part of the Kearney Public Schools in Kearney, Nebraska. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.