South Buffalo Elementary School
562 Freeport Rd
Freeport PA, 16229, Armstrong County
Phone: 724-295-9510
Ranking: 
(559 out of 2,311, top 24%)*
(559 out of 2,311, top 24%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 1 to Grade 6
School District: Freeport Area School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 317 | 322 | 333 | 339 | 312 | 306 | 298 | |||||||
| Grade 1: | 49 | 15.5% | 43 | 13.4% | 42 | 12.6% | 64 | 18.9% | 61 | 19.6% | 47 | 15.4% | 55 | 18.5% |
| Grade 2: | 44 | 13.9% | 44 | 13.7% | 63 | 18.9% | 60 | 17.7% | 48 | 15.4% | 53 | 17.3% | 48 | 16.1% |
| Grade 3: | 46 | 14.5% | 64 | 19.9% | 62 | 18.6% | 50 | 14.7% | 54 | 17.3% | 49 | 16.0% | 44 | 14.8% |
| Grade 4: | 65 | 20.5% | 60 | 18.6% | 50 | 15.0% | 57 | 16.8% | 53 | 17.0% | 46 | 15.0% | 43 | 14.4% |
| Grade 5: | 63 | 19.9% | 51 | 15.8% | 61 | 18.3% | 53 | 15.6% | 50 | 16.0% | 41 | 13.4% | 60 | 20.1% |
| Grade 6: | 50 | 15.8% | 60 | 18.6% | 55 | 16.5% | 52 | 15.3% | 41 | 13.1% | 63 | 20.6% | 48 | 16.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | 0.9% | 5 | 1.6% | 7 | 2.3% | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 170 | 53.6% | 174 | 54.0% | 180 | 54.1% | 180 | 53.1% | 157 | 50.3% | 156 | 51.0% | 148 | 49.7% |
| Female: | 147 | 46.4% | 148 | 46.0% | 153 | 45.9% | 159 | 46.9% | 147 | 47.1% | 142 | 46.4% | 146 | 49.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.6% | 3 | 1.0% | 2 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Black: | 3 | 0.9% | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.9% | 4 | 1.3% | 4 | 1.3% | 3 | 1.0% |
| White: | 305 | 96.2% | 314 | 97.5% | 325 | 97.6% | 334 | 98.5% | 305 | 97.8% | 300 | 98.0% | 294 | 98.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 6 | 1.9% | 3 | 0.9% | 3 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 101 | 31.9% | 91 | 28.3% | 92 | 27.6% | 89 | 26.3% | 53 | 17.0% | 51 | 16.7% | 51 | 17.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 30 | 9.5% | 44 | 13.7% | 40 | 12.0% | 40 | 11.8% | 40 | 12.8% | 39 | 12.7% | 47 | 15.8% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.61 | 13.82 | 14.67 | 15.27 | 13.62 | 13.60 | 14.10 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95% | 95% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 96% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 86.4% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.7% | 93.8% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 95.2% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96% | 95.8% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96% | 93% | 83.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 92.3% | 80% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86% | 82% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 84% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 80% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 86.1% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 88% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 86.1% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96% | 84.3% | 77.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83% | 81.8% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 94.6% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 94.4% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 92.2% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.8% | 91.9% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 94.2% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 93.5% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 93% | 82.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 92% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 88.8% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 80.1% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 86.5% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 85.5% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 79.6% | 73.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 87.6% | 72.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 93% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 91.2% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 94% | 91.3% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 92.1% | 82.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 89.9% | 82.3% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 60.2% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 78.2% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 88.3% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 85.5% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 93% | 84.7% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 79.8% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.1% | 71.2% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 86.3% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 77.8% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 88.4% | 73.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.9% | 59.4% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 78.2% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 85.1% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 73.7% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 73.9% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 75% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 71.9% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 67.8% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 72.9% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 78.9% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.5% | 59.3% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 78.2% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 61.1% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 60.5% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 63% | 64.3% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 77.8% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 62.3% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 85.6% | 68% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 80.1% | 69.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 80.6% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 81.8% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 78% | 78% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 87.3% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 83.5% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 80.1% | 65.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 70.2% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 83.8% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 77.7% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 68% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 73.8% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 76.9% | 68.5% |
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* South Buffalo Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.