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Alta E Butler School
Test scores
AASA 2023-24 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 42 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 2 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Alta E Butler School
Alta E Butler School operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in PHOENIX, Arizona, run under Isaac Elementary District (4259). Current enrollment sits at 541 students spanning grades K through 5.
Isaac Elementary District (4259) runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 4,929 students. Alta E Butler School is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Alta E Butler School lists that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Black. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household income runs about $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Alta E Butler School is one.
Morris K. Udall Escuela de Bellas Artes is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 672 students in 2018 compared to 541 in 2025.
On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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