About Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart School District
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart School District is a public school system serving Renville County, Minnesota, based in Hector. It serves 451 students across 3 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #312 largest of Minnesota’s 535 school systems.
Size and structure
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart School District enrolls 451 students in 3 schools — an average of about 150 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #312 of 535 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (451 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart School District employs about 33 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1 — below the Minnesota average of about 15.0:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 63.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Minnesota funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Minnesota’s accountability system, North Star, is published through the Minnesota Report Card, covering achievement, growth, graduation, progress toward English-language proficiency and consistent attendance rather than a single A–F grade. Look up Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart School District on the Minnesota Report Card.
Accreditation status
Minnesota has no state accreditation requirement for public districts; where districts pursue voluntary accreditation they generally work with Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor. Look up Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart School District in the free Cognia registry.
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart School District vs. Minnesota
See every Minnesota district side by side in the Minnesota directory.
Look up Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):