Butterfly Ridge Elementary

Located at 601 Contender Way, in Frederick, Maryland, Butterfly Ridge Elementary is a moderately sized K-5 school that instructs 607 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Frederick County Public Schools. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Butterfly Ridge Elementary sits 26% above that benchmark.

Butterfly Ridge Elementary is one of 67 schools operated by Frederick County Public Schools, a district that serves 48,054 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Butterfly Ridge Elementary records that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 19% Black, 18% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 67% of students at Butterfly Ridge Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Frederick County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Butterfly Ridge Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Frederick County put median household earnings sit near $122,002, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Butterfly Ridge Elementary is one of 69 public schools in Frederick County (combined enrollment of about 48,054 students).

The closest other public school is Hillcrest Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Butterfly Ridge Elementary. On composite proficiency, Butterfly Ridge Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

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