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Buffalo Ridge Elementary School

Buffalo Ridge Elementary School school profile in Castle Rock, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
91/100
strong current academics, durable school quality · high confidence
Enrollment
530
Enrollment has increased 6% over the available history.
FRL Share
9.1%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
764.5
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Buffalo Ridge Elementary School

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Academic Quality

95

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

76

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

73

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

66

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Castle Rock and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 67 · Colorado 50
91 67
2 Academic average
Peer 750.9 · Colorado 737.4
764.5 750.9
3 ELA
Peer 753.3 · Colorado 741
766.2 753.3
4 Math
Peer 749.1 · Colorado 736.9
766.5 749.1
5 Science
Peer 750.2 · Colorado 734.5
760.7 750.2
6 Enrollment
Peer 524 · Colorado 394
530 524
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Castle Rock 0.5 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
0.5 / 1k 0.5 / 1k
2 Market rent
Castle Rock $2,341 · Colorado $1,977
$2,433 $2,341
3 Home price
Castle Rock $678,201 · Colorado $556,199
$871,908 $678,201
4 Poverty rate
Castle Rock 4.7% · Colorado 10.1%
8.6% 4.7%
5 Median income
Castle Rock $146,918 · Colorado $101,131
$184,924 $146,918
6 Renter share
Castle Rock 20.1% · Colorado 32.6%
28.2% 20.1%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Buffalo Ridge Elementary School currently posts a blended academic reading around 764.5, with ELA at 766.2, Math at 766.5, and Science at 760.7. Against Castle Rock elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 95/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has increased 6% over the available history. ELA has moved up 2.7 points over the available history. Math has moved up 14.4 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 76/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Buffalo Ridge Elementary School currently serves about 530 students. FRL share sits near 9.1%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 014141 carries violent crime around 0.5 / 1k, market rent near $2,433, median income near $184,924, and home-price context near $871,908. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 80108 where rent context currently sits near $2,433 and home-price context near $871,908. Nearby violent crime has moved down 38% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Buffalo Ridge Elementary School currently reads as strong current academics, durable school quality. The total TractSignal school score is 91/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.