Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOMBARD SD 44·NCES 172346002575
Butterfield Elementary School
2S500 Gray Ave, Lombard, IL 60148 · (630) 827-4000 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
74 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Butterfield Elementary School→Glenn Westlake Middle School
Based on grade levels within Lombard SD 44. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
57.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.4pp since 2023
Math
51.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Butterfield Elementary School
Butterfield Elementary School's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfield Elementary School this school | 293 | 25.3% | 50.5% |
| Hawthorn Aspen Elementary School Vernon Hills | 313 | 23.6% | 61.4% |
| Wilder-Waite Grade School Peoria | 404 | 24.5% | 68.5% |
| Orrington Elementary School Evanston | 225 | 20.4% | 72.5% |
| Lowell Elementary School Wheaton | 283 | 30.4% | 70.2% |
| Ridgeview Elementary School Peoria | 433 | 30.9% | 56.1% |
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 Butterfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #586 of 1,925 | #73 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #633 of 2,077 ▲ 23 | #99 of 141 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #761 of 2,077 ▼ 21 | #99 of 141 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #1,580 of 2,419 | #125 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #912 of 2,035 | #72 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #332 of 2,042 | #28 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.3% | #1,860 of 2,132 | #84 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #356 of 1,461 | #19 of 92 |
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
293
+9 (+3%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 286
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 | 293 | 22.4 | 13.1:1 | 25% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 21.7 | 13.0:1 | 26% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 20.1 | 13.4:1 | 27% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 22.3 | 17.0:1 | 28% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 356 | 22 | 16.2:1 | 31% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 215 | 18 | 11.9:1 | 29% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 258 | 17 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 286 | 21 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butterfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (379 to 293); teachers up 1% (22.3 to 22.4).
About Butterfield Elementary School
Butterfield Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves part of Lombard, Illinois. The latest federal count shows 293 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 23% lower.
Lombard SD 44 has a total of 8 schools and 2,989 students, Butterfield Elementary School among them.
White students account for 53% of enrollment at Butterfield Elementary School. Other groups make up 19% Asian, 14% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. DuPage County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Butterfield Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
Butterfield Elementary School's 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.1:1. That ratio is under the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 25%. The 34% average for public schools in DuPage County is 9 points higher.
Butterfield Elementary School is 6.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (50.5% versus 56.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Butterfield Elementary School is located in DuPage County, where median household income is about $112,096, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Butterfield Elementary School is one of 277 public schools in DuPage County, which together enroll about 138,557 students.
Of nearby public schools, Westfield Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Butterfield Elementary School is behind the 59.1% nearby average, ranking 7th of 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Butterfield Elementary School saw enrollment rise 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lombard SD 44
- Glenn Westlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Manor Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Pleasant Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 245 students
- Park View Elementary SchoolElementary · 214 students
Other schools in Lombard
- Glenbard East High SchoolHigh · 2,311 students
- Glenn Westlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Westmore Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Schafer Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
Other Butterfield Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Butterfield Elementary. Butterfield Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Butterfield Elementary SchoolMARICOPA, AZ · 920 students
- BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFAYETTEVILLE, AR · 567 students
- Butterfield Elementary SchoolSANGER, TX · 503 students
- Butterfield Elementary SchoolTUCSON, AZ · 459 students
- BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARYBUTTERFIELD, MN · 110 students
Nearby schools
- Westfield Elementary School0.5 mi · 311
- Glen Crest Middle School1.3 mi · 723
- Arbor View Elementary School1.3 mi · 313
- Park View Elementary School1.4 mi · 390
- Glenbard South High School1.5 mi · 1,090
- Glenn Westlake Middle School1.6 mi · 935
Frequently asked questions
About Butterfield Elementary SchoolHow large is Butterfield Elementary School?
Butterfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Butterfield Elementary School serve?
Butterfield Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Butterfield Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Butterfield Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Butterfield Elementary School?
Butterfield Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 11% Hispanic, 14% Black, 19% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Butterfield Elementary School?
Butterfield Elementary School is overseen by Lombard SD 44 in DuPage County.
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