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Enrollment
914
Elementary
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALTON·NCES 120198002023
VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6694 W COUNTY HIGHWAY 30A, SANTA ROSA BEACH, FL 32459 · (850) 622-5040 · Walton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL914 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.8:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
253 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 121 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 179 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 164 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 169 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (169).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
72.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
82.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 82.8% |
| 2023-24 | 71.5% | 78.5% |
% 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
75.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (75.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 914 | 27.7% | 75.1% |
| PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 1,048 | 24.9% | 69.8% |
| DUNE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SANTA ROSA BEACH | 924 | 28.0% | 79.0% |
| OASIS CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-SOUTH CAPE CORAL | 875 | 27.5% | 76.1% |
| TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 864 | 25.3% | 75.4% |
| VETERANS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 721 | 29.3% | 81.9% |
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 VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Walton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #295 of 2,136 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #207 of 2,149 ▲ 56 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #353 of 2,149 ▼ 42 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 914 | #284 of 2,267 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #297 of 2,077 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #1,392 of 2,108 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.7% | #1,872 of 2,188 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #807 of 1,374 | N/A |
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
914
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
+359% since 1990-91, when it was 199
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 914 | 66 | 13.8:1 | 28% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 950 | 66 | 14.4:1 | 32% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 1,013 | 64 | 15.8:1 | 30% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 911 | 67 | 13.6:1 | 26% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 1,048 | 63 | 16.6:1 | 32% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 1,003 | 64 | 15.7:1 | 30% (303) |
| 2010-11 | 858 | 59 | 14.5:1 | 28% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 30 | 18.5:1 | 21% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 199 | 12 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in SANTA ROSA BEACH, Florida, attend VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a high-enrollment elementary school. A total of 914 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 51% higher.
VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in WALTON, a system of 22 schools with 12,069 students.
At VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 68% of the student body. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Walton County is about 84% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 66 full-time-equivalent teachers at VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 13.8:1. This ratio sits 3.6 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 28% of students. That is 19 points below the 47% average for public schools in Walton County.
allk12 grades VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 7.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (75.1% actual, 67.3% predicted).
Federal survey data for Walton County show that the median household income is $81,986, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 26 public schools in Walton County, enrolling about 12,069 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, SOUTH WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at about 5.0 miles. In all, 4 other public schools sit within ten miles of VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Its average proficiency rate of 75.1% is above the 72.7% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 911 in 2020-21 and 914 in 2024-25.
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Walton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,948
Census ACS
Median income
$81,986
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
12,069 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WALTON
- SOUTH WALTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,127 students
- FREEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,120 students
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 969 students
- DUNE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 924 students
- EMERALD COAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 872 students
- WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 796 students
Other schools in SANTA ROSA BEACH
- SOUTH WALTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,127 students
- DUNE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 924 students
- EMERALD COAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 872 students
- SEASIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLHigh · 501 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH WALTON HIGH SCHOOL5.0 mi · 1,127
- SEASIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL7.9 mi · 501
- BAY SCHOOL8.5 mi · 130
- EMERALD COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL8.8 mi · 872
- DESTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL10.1 mi · 799
- FREEPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL10.8 mi · 790
Frequently asked questions
About VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 914 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.8:1 (66 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 68% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by WALTON in Walton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.