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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050612000318
BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3050 OLD MISSOURI ROAD, FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72703 · (479) 444-3081 · Washington County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
268 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 9% larger than its 4th grade class (100).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
52.9%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
54.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 54.9% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 53.6% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 567 | 47.3% | 52.2% |
| HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 521 | 47.0% | 50.4% |
| ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY ROGERS | 523 | 43.8% | 46.3% |
| LAKESIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 583 | 50.8% | N/A |
| LAKESIDE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 721 | 49.5% | 50.2% |
| SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RUSSELLVILLE | 542 | 54.6% | 58.0% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #64 of 461 | #8 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #88 of 465 ▼ 13 | #5 of 34 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #62 of 465 ▼ 8 | #8 of 34 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #98 of 531 | #12 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #463 of 480 | #33 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #88 of 480 | #8 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #435 of 513 | #24 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.2% | #81 of 138 | #5 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
567
+59 (+12%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 18.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 567 | 29 | 19.6:1 | 47% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 28.9 | 19.4:1 | 45% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 40% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 27 | 18.8:1 | 46% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 29.9 | 17.7:1 | 30% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 43% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 43% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 19 | 18.2:1 | 18% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 26 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, and it is part of FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school counts 567 students across pre-K through 4. The school's enrollment is 36% bigger than the 418 average for elementary schools in Arkansas.
The district for BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 17 schools and 10,291 students.
By race and ethnicity, BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 55% White. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 10% Black, and 3% Pacific Islander. BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 19.6 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 16.0:1. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Washington County, the average eligibility rate is 58%.
BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of Arkansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 10.0 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 52.2% actual, 42.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Arkansas.
Census Bureau estimates for Washington County show that median household income is about $70,639, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Washington County, which together enroll about 42,451 students.
PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE is the closest public school, about 1.0 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th among 7 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
Federal counts put enrollment at 508 in 2020-21 and 567 in 2024-25, a 12% gain.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
256,765
Census ACS
Median income
$70,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
42,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FAYETTEVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,588 students
- WOODLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- RAMAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 761 students
- MCNAIR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 670 students
- OWL CREEK SCHOOLElementary · 619 students
- HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 603 students
Other schools in FAYETTEVILLE
- FAYETTEVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,588 students
- WOODLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- RAMAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 761 students
- MCNAIR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 670 students
- OWL CREEK SCHOOLElementary · 619 students
- HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 603 students
Other Butterfield Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Butterfield Elementary. BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Butterfield Elementary SchoolMARICOPA, AZ · 920 students
- Butterfield Elementary SchoolSANGER, TX · 503 students
- Butterfield Elementary SchoolTUCSON, AZ · 459 students
- Butterfield Elementary SchoolLombard, IL · 293 students
- BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARYBUTTERFIELD, MN · 110 students
Nearby schools
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE1.0 mi · 14
- HAAS HALL ACADEMY1.2 mi · 499
- VANDERGRIFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 558
- MCNAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 670
- ROOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 445
- WOODLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 765
Frequently asked questions
About BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 567 students in grades PK-04.
Is BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the student diversity at BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 55% White, 20% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of FAYETTEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.