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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Pat Butler Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 444 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASO ROBLES JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060004807411
Pat Butler Elementary
700 Nicklaus St., Paso Robles, CA 93446 · (805) 769-1750 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
27.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
285 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 27% larger than its 6th grade class (64).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 62% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pat Butler Elementary→Lewis Flamson Junior High
Based on grade levels within Paso Robles Joint Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -16.4pp since 2014
Math
33.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -14.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 16 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.8% | 19.9% | 24.6% | 36.8% |
| Math | 17.5% | 16.1% | 25.9% | 40.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.6% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 37.5% |
| 2022-23 | 52.1% | 38.1% |
| 2021-22 | 51.5% | 43.7% |
| 2018-19 | 57.8% | 59.6% |
| 2017-18 | 61.6% | 57.3% |
| 2016-17 | 60.3% | 54.5% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 50.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for California 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 California'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 Pat Butler Elementary
Pat Butler Elementary's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Butler Elementary this school | 472 | 60.4% | 38.8% |
| Christa McAuliffe Elementary Oceanside | 461 | 59.0% | 41.1% |
| Citrus Glen Elementary Ventura | 491 | 58.7% | 33.8% |
| Willow Elementary Napa | 472 | 56.4% | 40.0% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Santa Barbara | 463 | 55.1% | 48.9% |
| Ralph Dunlap Elementary Santa Maria | 502 | 56.2% | 33.1% |
Matched among California 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 Pat Butler Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #2,609 of 5,151 | #24 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #2,863 of 5,172 ▼ 478 | #24 of 37 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #3,082 of 5,172 ▼ 1,000 | #28 of 37 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.5pp | #84 of 5,116 | #1 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #2,767 of 5,915 | #12 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.8:1 | #5,216 of 5,352 | #37 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #1,990 of 5,354 | #10 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #3,460 of 5,625 | #15 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #1,010 of 1,139 | #16 of 17 |
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
472
+47 (+11%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
27.8:1
was 26.6:1
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 | 472 | 17 | 27.8:1 | 60% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 15 | 25.3:1 | 54% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 387 | 16 | 24.2:1 | 53% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 16 | 26.6:1 | 42% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 17 | 27.4:1 | 43% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 16 | 27.3:1 | 39% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | N/A | N/A | 45% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 25 | 19.5:1 | 16% (80) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pat Butler Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (465 to 472); teachers unchanged (17 to 17).
About Pat Butler Elementary
Pat Butler Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Paso Robles, California. It covers kindergarten through 6, with a total enrollment of 472 students.
Paso Robles Joint Unified is the local district for Pat Butler Elementary. It runs 12 schools with 6,902 students.
Hispanic students account for 51% of enrollment at Pat Butler Elementary. Smaller groups are 38% White and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of San Luis Obispo County is roughly 25% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Pat Butler Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.8:1 at Pat Butler Elementary, with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 60%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Pat Butler Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Pat Butler Elementary is 5.4 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 38.8% actual, 44.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Across San Luis Obispo County, median household income is about $97,446, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of San Luis Obispo County number 83 and enroll about 33,339.
The closest public school, Liberty High (Continuation), is about 0.4 miles from Pat Butler Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Pat Butler Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Pat Butler Elementary went from 425 students to 472. Its ratio of students to teachers was 26.6:1 in 2020-21, and 27.8:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
San Luis Obispo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,555
Census ACS
Median income
$97,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
33,339 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paso Robles Joint Unified
- Paso Robles HighHigh · 1,986 students
- Lewis Flamson Junior HighMiddle · 884 students
- Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet ElementaryElementary · 682 students
- Daniel Lewis MiddleMiddle · 619 students
- Kermit King ElementaryElementary · 507 students
- Winifred Pifer ElementaryElementary · 492 students
Other schools in Paso Robles
- Paso Robles HighHigh · 1,986 students
- Lewis Flamson Junior HighMiddle · 884 students
- Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet ElementaryElementary · 682 students
- Daniel Lewis MiddleMiddle · 619 students
- Kermit King ElementaryElementary · 507 students
- Winifred Pifer ElementaryElementary · 492 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty High (Continuation)0.4 mi · 171
- Independence High0.4 mi · 137
- Paso Robles High0.5 mi · 1,986
- Almond Acres Charter Academy0.7 mi · 478
- Winifred Pifer Elementary1.0 mi · 492
- Daniel Lewis Middle1.0 mi · 619
Frequently asked questions
About Pat Butler ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Pat Butler Elementary?
Pat Butler Elementary enrolls approximately 472 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Pat Butler Elementary serve?
Pat Butler Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Pat Butler Elementary?
Approximately 27.8:1 students per teacher at Pat Butler Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pat Butler Elementary?
At Pat Butler Elementary, the student body is approximately 38% White, 51% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Pat Butler Elementary in?
Pat Butler Elementary is part of Paso Robles Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.