BHM Facts and Figures

District Population: 32,100

District Area: 157 square miles

Total District Employees: 668

2009-10 Preliminary First Day Enrollment

Elementary Students (K-5)
268 Discovery Elementary
500 Hanover Elementary
357 Montrose Elementary
619 Northwinds Elementary
427 Parkside Elementary
492 Tatanka Elementary
1,268 Middle School Students (6-8)
1,834 Buffalo High School (9-12)
22 Phoenix Learning Center
19 PRIDE Transitions

School Buildings

6 Elementary
1 Middle School
1 Traditional High School
1 Alternative High School
1 Transitions Program

Staggered School Start and Dismissal Times

Elementary Schools 8:50 a.m. 3:30 p.m.
Kindergarten (a.m.) 8:50 a.m. 11:30 a.m.
Kindergarten (p.m.) 12:50 p.m. 3:30 p.m.
Kindergarten (All Day) 8:50 a.m. 3:30 p.m.
Secondary Schools 7:45 a.m. 2:20 p.m.
Alternative High School 8:30 a.m. 3 p.m.
PRIDE Transisitons8 a.m.2:30 p.m.

Class Size

Level Average size Grade
Elementary Schools
TBD
K-2
TBD
3-5
Middle School TBD
6-8
High School TBD
9-12

Transportation

Percentage of Students Bused: 81%
Average Length of Bus Ride: 45 min.

Food Service

Food Service is available at all schools. 15% of all students eat breakfast and over 85% of all students eat hot lunch.

Special Program Opportunities

Choir is offered K-12 and band and orchestra are available at the middle and high schools during the regular school day. Community Education offers elementary students a Suzuki (orchestra) program for a fee. In addition, instrument lessons are offered such as, piano, guitar, drums and trumpet.

Languages are offered at the Secondary level: French, German and Spanish.

Gifted/Talented and Special Education Programs are available at both elementary and secondary levels.

KidKare, a school-age care program, is available through Community Education.

Technology & Number of Students per Computer

Computer instruction is offered to all K-12 students. With just over 5,800 students and approximately 1,800 computers for instruction district-wide, the student to computer ratio is about 4 to 1.