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Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELD RE-8 SCHOOLS·NCES 080402000554
Leo William Butler Elementary School
411 SOUTH MCKINLEY, FORT LUPTON, CO 80621 · (303) 857-7300 · Weld County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 46.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
236 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Based on grade levels within Weld re-8 schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
32.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
24.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 24.2% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 25.9% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. 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
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Colorado 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 Colorado'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 Leo William Butler Elementary School
Leo William Butler Elementary School's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo William Butler Elementary School this school | 355 | 66.5% | 26.3% |
| Baker Elementary School FORT MORGAN | 321 | 70.1% | 19.0% |
| Edgewater Elementary School EDGEWATER | 335 | 63.9% | 22.9% |
| Irish Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 365 | 71.2% | 30.9% |
| Haaff Elementary School PUEBLO | 284 | 70.4% | 48.2% |
| Columbine Elementary School BOULDER | 369 | 73.2% | 29.3% |
Matched among Colorado 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 Leo William Butler Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #647 of 931 | #34 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #633 of 940 ▼ 46 | #32 of 55 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #622 of 946 ▼ 45 | #34 of 55 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #552 of 1,056 | #47 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #244 of 896 | #6 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #591 of 896 | #40 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #299 of 983 | #16 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.3% | #66 of 664 | #2 of 30 |
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
355
-28 (-7%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 352
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 355 | 25.1 | 14.2:1 | 66% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 24.4 | 15.2:1 | 63% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 66% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 75% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 30 | 18.0:1 | 72% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 34 | 16.5:1 | 73% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 68% (464) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 60% (263) |
| 1990-91 | 352 | 16 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leo William Butler Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (540 to 355); teachers down 16% (30 to 25.1).
About Leo William Butler Elementary School
Leo William Butler Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Colorado, with an address in FORT LUPTON. The school counted 355 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5.
Within Weld re-8 schools, Leo William Butler Elementary School is one of 7 schools. The district enrolls 2,503 students.
More than half of enrollment at Leo William Butler Elementary School is Hispanic: 71%. Other groups make up 24% White. Weld County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Leo William Butler Elementary School scores 44%.
For every teacher at Leo William Butler Elementary School, there are about 14.2 students; the school has 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 66%. Compared with the 47% average for public schools in Weld County, the school's rate is higher.
Leo William Butler Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 33% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Leo William Butler Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (26.3% versus 26.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
For Weld County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $97,097 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The county has 116 public schools and about 61,274 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Fort Lupton High School, is the closest to Leo William Butler Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. On proficiency, Leo William Butler Elementary School is ahead of the 14.2% nearby average, ranking 1st of 6.
Locale data from NCES put Leo William Butler Elementary School in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 383 (2020-21) to 355 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.0:1 to 14.2:1.
On allk12, people connected to Leo William Butler Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weld re-8 schools
- Fort Lupton High SchoolHigh · 721 students
- Twombly Elementary SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Fort Lupton Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Kenneth Homyak PK-8Elementary · 311 students
- Little Trappers PreschoolElementary · 157 students
- Weld Re-8 Online AcademyCombined · 48 students
Other schools in FORT LUPTON
- Fort Lupton High SchoolHigh · 721 students
- Twombly Elementary SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Fort Lupton Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Little Trappers PreschoolElementary · 157 students
- Weld Re-8 Online AcademyCombined · 48 students
Nearby schools
- Fort Lupton High School0.1 mi · 721
- Fort Lupton Middle School0.2 mi · 438
- Little Trappers Preschool0.2 mi · 157
- Weld Re-8 Online Academy0.2 mi · 48
- Twombly Elementary School1.1 mi · 473
- Overland Trail Middle School5.6 mi · 581
Frequently asked questions
About Leo William Butler Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Leo William Butler Elementary School?
Leo William Butler Elementary School enrolls approximately 355 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Leo William Butler Elementary School serve?
Leo William Butler Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Leo William Butler Elementary School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Leo William Butler Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leo William Butler Elementary School?
At Leo William Butler Elementary School, the student body is approximately 24% White, 71% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Leo William Butler Elementary School public or private?
Leo William Butler Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Weld re-8 schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.