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Buffalo Creek Middle School

Palmetto, FL 34221

Phone: (941) 721-2260
Fax: (941) 721-2275
District: Manatee

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public • Grades 6,7,8 • 1192 students

Buffalo Creek Middle School, a public school located in Palmetto, FL, serves grades 6-8 in the Manatee.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 5 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Buffalo Creek Middle School is a public school located in Palmetto, FL. 1192 students attend Buffalo Creek Middle School.

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Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	6/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Florida Assessment of Student Thinking data from Florida Department of Education, and using 2025 Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking data from Florida Department of Education.
Student Growth	3/10	The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Florida Department of Education.

Posted: February 24, 2026

Quite literally one of the worst schools I have ever gone to. This school has fights basically every day, the bullying problem here is insane, very violent students, and the worst teachers possible.. at this point teachers just write students up for anything that they can think of and a student was just arrested today for fighting. Both two years I have been here (7 and 8) students have been arrested for drugs and fights.

Posted: February 24, 2026

Posted: December 22, 2025

Upstairs building two always smells like drugs and this school is basically a fight club because there is multiple fights every or other week and most the teachers don't even know what they are talking about and glaze certain people, the bullying problem is insane

Posted: December 22, 2025

Posted: December 18, 2025

this school sucks and there are lots of threats fights bullying and drugs floating around this school today a girl was drunk and doing inappropriate things in all reality this school, sucks the only good teacher here is Mrs redinger she teaches civics and she I'm my fav teacher she is the one teacher that cares about her students this school sucks.

Posted: August 28, 2025

This school sucks and I would definitely not recommend it but mr Lawrence is pretty chill. This school has so much bullying, fights, drugs, ect.

Posted: August 28, 2025

Posted: May 10, 2025

There are a lot of fight here and there are a lot of bullying at this school and they dont do anything about it. The school lunch is alright. Some teacher dont teach good. The sport here good. The principal is rude and doesnt care about you at all. This school is alright it just the bullying and the fights at the school.

Posted: May 10, 2025

Posted: November 12, 2024

This school demonstrates a lack of accountability at all levels, from the front office to the teaching staff. Teachers often permit disruptive behavior, which negatively affects the learning environment, and students who stand up to disruptive peers may face unfair consequences. The front office appears to support this approach, enabling poor behavior to persist while responsible students are left feeling unsafe or concerned about potential retaliation. Furthermore, students are assigned online homework without being provided the necessary devices to complete it, creating additional barriers to success. Additionally, some teachers face communication challenges due to limited fluency in English, both written and verbal, which further impacts the quality of education.

Posted: November 12, 2024

Posted: April 29, 2024

I am a 7th grade student here and this school is terrible. This shouldn't be a place your child has to endure everyday. The bullying problem in this school is ridiculous and at the time of writing I don't believe there has been a fight in a while but last year there was one every other week, most teachers don't pay attention to what the kids are doing. However some of the teachers in this school have been amazing and actually care about you. In the end the main problem is the kids, and lack of discipline, they have security cameras but never use them unless they absolutely have to. The worst class for this "bullying" is gym, there isn't enough people supervising the place and there's too much violence. All they care about is the huge stuff not the smaller stuff that overtime personally has damaged my mental health. The only reason im not on the floor begging to be taken out if here is the kind teachers.

Posted: April 29, 2024

Posted: December 2, 2023

Much of the data here is out data including the facts about School Psychologist, law enforcement, security guard etc. BCMS has all of that. There is a Cambridge Program here and they do an amazing job balancing that and a school within a school.

Posted: December 2, 2023

Posted: July 11, 2018

As a teacher, I have been on the inside of many schools. I was very impressed with what I saw today.

Posted: July 11, 2018

The staff seems extremely caring and competent. They really about the students and staff.

Posted: February 10, 2018

Fantastic school! Can't believe the rating went from a 9 the past several years to a 6? The school hasn't changed for it to drop. I question these ratings. My daughter has received top rated education here. Never hear anything negative from other parents. Most families try to choice into this school because of the great education. Will miss it when she graduates!

Posted: February 10, 2018

Posted: May 18, 2017

We have been with this school 2 years now. Last year the student fights were almost every week, this year only a couple reported. The teachers are GREAT and provide hours upon hours of before and after school tutoring but it is voluntary. This makes the parents responsible for their child as it should be. My son is in Advanced Classes and doing great.

Posted: June 3, 2016

Not a good school , you think your sending your kids to a safe school.( Not) , you have lazy SRO ppl working there. Where they let kids steel from other kids and let them get away with it. Plus letting kids fight in the bathroom.. Don't get me wrong office and teachers are good.. But there are other safer school...

Posted: June 3, 2016

Posted: October 31, 2014

My school is brookside middle school and my parents are wanting me to move to Buffalo creek but I am really sad because this is my first year at brookside middle school and now they are making me move this year to your school I have a few questions about this school do you have to wear uniforms and is it a IB school and do you get a lot of homework

Posted: August 21, 2013

This is our first year at Buffalo Creek Middle School but I have been really impressed by the caring and dedication of the teachers in the seventh grade. It is still early in the school year but so far it seems that we have a great team of professionals who want to do the very best job with the kids.

Posted: May 20, 2013

The teachers are great and I honestly don't think you can find better in this county. The counselors and administration aren't very helpful. However, what I really would like to draw attention to is the children and the bullying situation here. I came into this school as a healthy, stable, cheerful kid who generally had no problems. Now? I'm at the end of my 3 years here and these beings have brought down every little bit of self esteem that I'd built up over the years, for no other reason then being not like them. I've lost the will to live along with the will to learn and the counselors and administration have the audacity to say, 'get over it'. The only reason this isn't getting the lowest rating is because of the lovely teachers who make learning a pleasure and seem to understand without making me speak a single word. Thanks for your time.

Posted: June 5, 2011

School has come a long way. Programs in computers are interesting. They have a steel drum band. They also allow students to tutor at Mills in the mornings. They school has some good sports programs (soccer, cross country, track, b-ball, volleyball). One big class is Learn and Serve. It is one of very few in Florida. It was recognized by the Manatee County School Board for its community outreach and for raising money for the Heart Association. It is one of very few schools that do teaming w/in the grades.

Posted: January 19, 2011

Way better then MSA. The staff is very nice and the teachers are very passionate. The administration is a bit stricter this year, but hey, that's a good thing ;)

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