1
How has Butterfly Ridge Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
607
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240033001748
Butterfly Ridge Elementary
601 Contender Way, Frederick, MD 21703 · (227) 203-1840 · Frederick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
409 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 | 115 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 73% · 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
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
54.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
36.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.2% | 36.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.2% | 28.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Maryland 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 Maryland'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 Butterfly Ridge Elementary
Butterfly Ridge Elementary's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfly Ridge Elementary this school | 607 | 67.4% | 41.5% |
| Glen Haven Elementary Silver Spring | 540 | 64.4% | 34.5% |
| University Park Elementary Hyattsville | 538 | 61.2% | 46.2% |
| Lansdowne Elementary Baltimore | 603 | 72.1% | 21.1% |
| Glenallan Elementary Silver Spring | 679 | 61.7% | 43.7% |
| Norwood Elementary Baltimore | 521 | 71.4% | 25.7% |
Matched among Maryland 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 Butterfly Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Frederick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #456 of 853 | #35 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #491 of 853 ▲ 75 | #35 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #364 of 853 ▲ 42 | #34 of 39 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #202 of 898 | #17 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #254 of 857 | #6 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #194 of 857 | #16 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #308 of 885 | #5 of 41 |
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
607
-42 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 607 | 47.9 | 12.7:1 | 67% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 49.9 | 12.4:1 | 69% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 625 | 48.8 | 12.8:1 | 64% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 54 | 12.0:1 | 65% (425) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butterfly Ridge Elementary.
About Butterfly Ridge Elementary
Butterfly Ridge Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Frederick, Maryland. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 607 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Maryland is roughly 481 students; this school is 26% larger than that.
Frederick County Public Schools runs 67 schools with a combined 48,054 students. Butterfly Ridge Elementary is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Butterfly Ridge Elementary, at 47%. Other groups make up 19% Black, 18% White, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. County-wide, 13% of Frederick County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.7 students per teacher. That is 1.2 students per teacher below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 67% of students. The average for public schools in Frederick County is 37%.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Butterfly Ridge Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Butterfly Ridge Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.5% is 7.2 points above the 34.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Frederick County, the median household income is $122,002, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. In all, Frederick County has 69 public schools and roughly 48,054 students.
Hillcrest Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Butterfly Ridge Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Butterfly Ridge Elementary at 4th of 9.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school enrolled 607 students in 2024-25, 42 fewer than the 649 it had in 2020-21.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Frederick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
287,048
Census ACS
Median income
$122,002
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
48,054 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frederick County Public Schools
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Urbana HighHigh · 1,989 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Oakdale HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
Other schools in Frederick
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
- Crestwood MiddleMiddle · 996 students
- Waverley ElementaryElementary · 965 students
Nearby schools
- Hillcrest Elementary0.3 mi · 581
- Orchard Grove Elementary1.2 mi · 613
- Waverley Elementary1.4 mi · 965
- West Frederick Middle1.6 mi · 820
- Frederick High1.7 mi · 1,821
- Ballenger Creek Middle1.8 mi · 777
Frequently asked questions
About Butterfly Ridge ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Butterfly Ridge Elementary?
Butterfly Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 607 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Butterfly Ridge Elementary serve?
Butterfly Ridge Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Butterfly Ridge Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Butterfly Ridge Elementary is approximately 12.7:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Butterfly Ridge Elementary?
At Butterfly Ridge Elementary, the student body is approximately 18% White, 47% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Butterfly Ridge Elementary public or private?
Butterfly Ridge Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Frederick County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.