Enrollment
367
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 186·NCES 173708003816
Butler Elementary School
1701 S MacArthur Blvd, Springfield, IL 62704 · (217) 787-3189 · Sangamon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
209 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
52.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.9pp since 2023
Math
37.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.1% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 26.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 (42.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Elementary School this school | 367 | 56.9% | 42.5% |
| Springfield Ball Charter School Springfield | 394 | 60.9% | 35.9% |
| West Elementary School Alton | 407 | 57.0% | 25.0% |
| Kellar Primary School Peoria | 365 | 53.2% | 52.6% |
| Northmoor Primary School Peoria | 365 | 63.0% | 44.9% |
| Leal Elementary School Urbana | 373 | 59.5% | 37.1% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #842 of 1,925 | #14 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #1,051 of 2,077 ▼ 117 | #14 of 34 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #933 of 2,077 ▲ 43 | #13 of 34 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #1,168 of 2,419 | #15 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,180 of 2,035 | #20 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #331 of 2,042 | #7 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #1,102 of 2,132 | #20 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #939 of 1,461 | #15 of 23 |
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
367
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 472
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 | 367 | 26.5 | 13.8:1 | 57% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 56% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 51% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 23.2 | 17.5:1 | 68% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 24 | 15.5:1 | 50% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 19 | 17.6:1 | 71% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 350 | 25 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 472 | 22 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butler Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (406 to 367); teachers up 14% (23.2 to 26.5).
About Butler Elementary School
Butler Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Springfield SD 186 in Springfield, Illinois. It reported 367 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Springfield SD 186 serves 13,014 students across 31 schools.
The biggest share of students at Butler Elementary School, 40%, is White. The next largest groups are 40% Black, 14% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. In Sangamon County overall, about 78% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
Based on 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Butler Elementary School has a ratio of 13.8:1. It is about the same as the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Income data for the school show 57% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Sangamon County is 48%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Butler Elementary School is 3.8 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 42.5% actual, 38.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
Sangamon County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $75,357 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Butler Elementary School shares Sangamon County with 76 other public schools.
Benjamin Franklin Middle School sits about 0.6 miles from Butler Elementary School. Butler Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Butler Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Butler Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% gain, from 352 to 367.
Butler Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Sangamon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
194,947
Census ACS
Median income
$75,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
27,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Springfield SD 186
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other Butler Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Butler Elementary. Butler Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Butler Elementary SchoolChalfont, PA · 757 students
- Butler Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 610 students
- Butler Elementary SchoolSavannah, GA · 524 students
- BUTLER ELEM.BUTLER, MO · 410 students
- Butler Elementary SchoolButler, IN · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Franklin Middle School0.6 mi · 709
- Black Hawk Elementary School0.9 mi · 234
- Elizabeth Graham Elementary School0.9 mi · 241
- Early Learning Center1.0 mi · 549
- Dubois Elementary School1.3 mi · 469
- Springfield High School1.4 mi · 1,308
Frequently asked questions
About Butler Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Butler Elementary School?
Butler Elementary School enrolls approximately 367 students in grades KG-05.
Is Butler Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Butler Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Butler Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Butler Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Butler Elementary School?
Student demographics at Butler Elementary School are roughly 40% White, 2% Hispanic, 40% Black, 2% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Butler Elementary School?
Butler Elementary School is overseen by Springfield SD 186 in Sangamon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.