Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB CO EASTERN COM SCH DIST·NCES 180306000404
Butler Elementary School
1025 S Broadway, Butler, IN 46721 · (260) 868-2123 · DeKalb County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
250 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
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 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 21% smaller than its 6th grade class (56).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 57% · 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
Butler Elementary School→Eastside Junior-Senior High School
Based on grade levels within DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
18.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
19.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
19.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 (19.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Elementary School this school | 366 | 68.3% | 19.5% |
| O J Neighbours Elementary School Wabash | 385 | 68.1% | 35.5% |
| Blackford Primary School Hartford City | 314 | 66.6% | N/A |
| Brush Creek Elementary School North Vernon | 303 | 69.3% | 43.1% |
| Columbia Elementary School Rochester | 325 | 67.1% | N/A |
| George M Riddle Elementary School Rochester | 348 | 64.4% | 40.1% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Indiana | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #849 of 983 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #874 of 986 | #8 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #855 of 986 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #685 of 1,079 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #239 of 991 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #812 of 996 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.3% | #189 of 1,058 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #306 of 597 | 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
366
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 366 | 26.8 | 13.6:1 | 68% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 25.2 | 14.3:1 | 65% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 28.5 | 12.5:1 | 60% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 54% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 26.7 | 15.6:1 | 61% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 24 | 18.5:1 | 64% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 445 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 54% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 24% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | 27 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butler Elementary School.
About Butler Elementary School
Butler Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school located in Butler, Indiana. A federal count lists 366 students at the school, in kindergarten through 6.
Butler Elementary School is part of DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist, where 4 schools serve 1,244 students.
White students are the large majority at Butler Elementary School, with 91% of enrollment. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 95% White, within a few points of the school. Butler Elementary School has a diversity index of 17%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1, higher than at this school. Butler Elementary School reports 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 49% for public schools in DeKalb County.
Butler Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of Indiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Indiana, Butler Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 19.5% actual against a predicted 27.2%.
Across DeKalb County, median household income is about $74,331, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of DeKalb County number 14 and enroll about 6,781.
Nearest public school: Eastside Junior-Senior High School, about 1.0 miles away. The ten-mile area around Butler Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Butler Elementary School's average proficiency of 19.5% compares with 38.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Butler Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 4%, from 382 to 366. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.7:1 in 2020-21, and 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Butler Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,807
Census ACS
Median income
$74,331
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,781 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist
- Eastside Junior-Senior High SchoolHigh · 559 students
- Riverdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Northeast IN Spec Ed CoopCombined · 19 students
- Impact InstitutueHigh
Other Butler Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Butler Elementary. Butler Elementary School is the 6th 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 SchoolSpringfield, IL · 367 students
Nearby schools
- Eastside Junior-Senior High School1.0 mi · 559
- Edgerton High School6.9 mi · 262
- Edgerton Elementary School6.9 mi · 251
- Riverdale Elementary School7.5 mi · 300
- Waterloo Elementary School7.7 mi · 247
- Hamilton Community Elementary Sch7.7 mi · 192
Frequently asked questions
About Butler Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Butler Elementary School?
Butler Elementary School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Butler Elementary School serve?
Butler Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Butler Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Butler Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Butler Elementary School?
At Butler Elementary School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Butler Elementary School in?
Butler Elementary School is part of DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.