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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102000392
Butler Elementary School
1909 Cynthia St, Savannah, GA 31415 · (912) 395-2525 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
468 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 74%
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 | 60 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · 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
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
18.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.6pp since 2021
Math
20.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.5% | 20.6% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 29.1% |
| 2022-23 | 19.1% | 24.8% |
| 2021-22 | 12.9% | 15.7% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 Butler Elementary School
Butler Elementary School's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Elementary School this school | 524 | 89.3% | 23.0% |
| Otis J Brock III Elementary School Savannah | 568 | 88.7% | 21.4% |
| North Douglas Elementary School Douglasville | 537 | 88.3% | 28.7% |
| Wesley Lakes Elementary School McDonough | 564 | 83.3% | 20.0% |
| Shuman Elementary School Savannah | 482 | 92.9% | 25.5% |
| Flat Shoals Elementary School Conyers | 639 | 91.1% | 27.8% |
Matched among Georgia 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 Butler Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #971 of 1,208 | #23 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #1,053 of 1,215 ▼ 193 | #26 of 33 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #1,055 of 1,215 ▼ 205 | #28 of 33 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.3pp | #361 of 1,183 | #19 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #803 of 1,324 | #20 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #463 of 1,301 | #17 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.7% | #1,057 of 1,301 | #28 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #589 of 1,312 | #10 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #471 of 854 | #14 of 22 |
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
524
+28 (+6%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 524 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 89% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 36 | 12.9:1 | 94% (437) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 91% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 84% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 592 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 78% (460) |
| 2015-16 | 667 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 92% (615) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 53 | 12.1:1 | 71% (454) |
| 2000-01 | 628 | 38 | 16.5:1 | 66% (416) |
| 1990-91 | 664 | 49 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butler Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (592 to 524); teachers up 3% (40 to 41).
About Butler Elementary School
The public elementary school Butler Elementary School is located in Savannah, Georgia. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 524 students on the rolls.
A total of 58 schools make up Savannah-Chatham County, with 36,355 students enrolled.
Roughly 82% of students at Butler Elementary School are Black. Enrollment also includes 14% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Chatham County, the Black share is about 39%. The diversity index for Butler Elementary School is 31%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 12.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Butler Elementary School, which has 41. That is in line with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Butler Elementary School is about 89%. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Chatham County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Butler Elementary School is -8.2 points: 23.0% actual, 31.2% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Chatham County, median household income comes to about $71,097, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 60 public schools and about 36,380 students.
Beach High School is the nearest public school to Butler Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Butler Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 28.7%, higher than Butler Elementary School's 23.0%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Federal enrollment counts increased from 496 (2020-21) to 524 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.5:1 to 12.8:1.
The discussion board for Butler Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Chatham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
300,879
Census ACS
Median income
$71,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
36,380 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Savannah-Chatham County
- Godley Station SchoolElementary · 1,585 students
- Groves High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Jenkins High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Pulaski Elementary SChoolElementary · 1,147 students
- New Hampstead High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- New Hampstead K-8 SchoolElementary · 1,118 students
Other schools in Savannah
- Godley Station SchoolElementary · 1,585 students
- Jenkins High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Pulaski Elementary SChoolElementary · 1,147 students
- Windsor Forest High SchoolHigh · 1,069 students
- Hesse SchoolElementary · 996 students
- Beach High SchoolHigh · 973 students
Other Butler Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Butler Elementary. Butler Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Butler Elementary SchoolChalfont, PA · 757 students
- Butler Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 610 students
- BUTLER ELEM.BUTLER, MO · 410 students
- Butler Elementary SchoolSpringfield, IL · 367 students
- Butler Elementary SchoolButler, IN · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Beach High School0.9 mi · 973
- Savannah-Chatham E-Learning Academy1.2 mi · 441
- Gadsden Elementary School1.2 mi · 493
- DeRenne Middle School1.3 mi · 484
- Otis J Brock III Elementary School1.5 mi · 568
- Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts1.5 mi · 770
Frequently asked questions
About Butler Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Butler Elementary School?
Butler Elementary School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-05.
Is Butler Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Butler Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Butler Elementary School have?
Butler Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Butler Elementary School?
Student demographics at Butler Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 14% Hispanic, 82% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Butler Elementary School?
Butler Elementary School is overseen by Savannah-Chatham County in Chatham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.