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Enrollment
951
Elementary
DISTRICT 770 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION·NCES 120189001958
LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
800 SW 6TH ST, LAKE BUTLER, FL 32054 · (352) 448-5302 · Union County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL951 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Florida 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.
- 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 Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
501 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
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 | 73 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 177 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 168 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 163 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 191 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 179 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (177) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (179).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · 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 UNION. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
59.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
75.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.6% | 75.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 64.6% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 951 | 52.7% | 64.2% |
| BERRYHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MILTON | 802 | 53.0% | 62.8% |
| CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CITRUS SPRINGS | 877 | 54.7% | 49.9% |
| TRENTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TRENTON | 779 | 52.0% | 63.1% |
| LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL LECANTO | 816 | 52.1% | 57.2% |
| LAKE ASBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 935 | 46.8% | 64.8% |
Matched among Florida 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 LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #674 of 2,136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #444 of 2,149 ▲ 309 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #855 of 2,149 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 951 | #242 of 2,267 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #847 of 2,077 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.0% | #1,618 of 2,108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #1,188 of 2,188 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #1,351 of 1,374 |
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
951
-46 (-5%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 852
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 951 | 62 | 15.3:1 | 53% (501) |
| 2023-24 | 1,028 | 57 | 18.0:1 | 59% (611) |
| 2022-23 | 1,061 | 63 | 16.8:1 | 64% (679) |
| 2020-21 | 997 | 70 | 14.2:1 | 54% (535) |
| 2017-18 | 957 | 75 | 12.8:1 | 74% (709) |
| 2015-16 | 981 | 72 | 13.6:1 | 58% (569) |
| 2010-11 | 891 | 71 | 12.6:1 | 65% (582) |
| 2000-01 | 871 | 58 | 15.0:1 | 54% (472) |
| 1990-91 | 852 | 50 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in LAKE BUTLER, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. It offers pre-K through 4 and has 951 students enrolled. That is 57% bigger than the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
District-wide, UNION has 3 schools and 2,309 students.
More than half of the students at LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White (75%). Other reported shares: 11% Black, 11% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. That is in line with Union County, where about 71% of residents are White. The diversity index for LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 42%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 53% at LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Among Florida public elementary schools, LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 54.8%.
In Union County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $64,146, about 11% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. There are 6 public schools in the county, enrolling about 2,309, LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Measured in a straight line, UNION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles from LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 997 to 951, a 5% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.3:1.
LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,701
Census ACS
Median income
$64,146
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,309 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UNION
- LAKE BUTLER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
- UNION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 606 students
- UNION COUNTY VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined
- UNION VIRTUAL FRANCHISEHigh
- UNION VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)Combined
Other schools in LAKE BUTLER
- LAKE BUTLER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
- UNION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 606 students
- UNION COUNTY VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined
- UNION VIRTUAL FRANCHISEHigh
- UNION VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)Combined
Nearby schools
- UNION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 606
- LAKE BUTLER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 752
- BROOKER COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC8.8 mi · 82
- STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL14.2 mi · 568
- BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL14.6 mi · 408
- BRADFORD VIRTUAL FRANCHISE WITH FLVS14.8 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 951 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 75% White, 4% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LAKE BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by UNION.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.