Enrollment
273
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOLINE-COAL VALLEY CUSD 40·NCES 172640002810
Butterworth Elementary School
4205 48th St, Moline, IL 61265 · (309) 743-1604 · Rock Island County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
194 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 58 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 67% larger than its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
39.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.4pp since 2023
Math
36.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.8% | 36.7% |
| 2023-24 | 19.4% | 18.4% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Butterworth Elementary School
Butterworth Elementary School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butterworth Elementary School this school | 273 | 71.1% | 32.3% |
| Belle Alexander Elementary School Kewanee | 241 | 73.0% | N/A |
| Maple Elementary School Loves Park | 313 | 74.8% | 31.9% |
| Rock Cut Elementary School Loves Park | 261 | 67.4% | 21.3% |
| Loves Park Elementary School Loves Park | 279 | 76.3% | 32.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Sterling | 277 | 70.4% | 40.8% |
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 Butterworth Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Rock Island County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,184 of 1,925 | #9 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #1,066 of 2,077 ▲ 189 | #8 of 28 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #1,350 of 2,077 ▲ 239 | #11 of 28 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #1,692 of 2,419 | #22 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,849 of 2,035 | #26 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #327 of 2,042 | #16 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.1% | #718 of 2,132 | #19 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #542 of 615 | #9 of 10 |
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
273
+28 (+11%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 416
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 | 273 | 16 | 17.1:1 | 71% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 275 | 19.2 | 14.3:1 | 74% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 249 | 20.3 | 12.3:1 | 71% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 268 | 17.1 | 15.7:1 | 59% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 251 | 16 | 15.7:1 | 52% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 49% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 22 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 19 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butterworth Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (268 to 273); teachers down 6% (17.1 to 16).
About Butterworth Elementary School
Butterworth Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Moline, Illinois, administered by Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 273 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Butterworth Elementary School falls under Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40, which has 14 schools enrolling 7,257 students.
Federal enrollment data show Butterworth Elementary School is 51% White. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 72% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
Butterworth Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. The school's 17.1:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. The school has 71% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Butterworth Elementary School would be expected to post about 30.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.3%.
Census data for Rock Island County show median household income comes to about $67,159, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 57 public schools in the county, enrolling about 21,921, Butterworth Elementary School among them.
About 0.6 miles separate Butterworth Elementary School from the closest public school, Jane Addams Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Butterworth Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 32.3% versus a 32.7% average.
In the federal locale system, Butterworth Elementary School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment increased 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Rock Island County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
142,757
Census ACS
Median income
$67,159
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
21,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40
- Moline Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- John Deere Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 560 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Lincoln-Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
Other schools in Moline
- Moline Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- John Deere Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 560 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Lincoln-Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
Nearby schools
- Jane Addams Elementary School0.6 mi · 299
- Moline Sr High School1.4 mi · 2,195
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.6 mi · 384
- Jefferson Early Childhood Center1.6 mi · 130
- Wells Elementary School1.7 mi · 307
- George Washington Elementary School2.0 mi · 323
Frequently asked questions
About Butterworth Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Butterworth Elementary School?
Butterworth Elementary School enrolls approximately 273 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Butterworth Elementary School serve?
Butterworth Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Butterworth Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Butterworth Elementary School is approximately 17.1:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Butterworth Elementary School?
Butterworth Elementary School reports a student body of 51% White, 24% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Butterworth Elementary School in?
Butterworth Elementary School is part of Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40.
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