BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY

BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY is an elementary campus of tiny scale in BUTTERFIELD, Minnesota, one of the schools within Butterfield-Odin Public Schools, works with 110 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 68% smaller than the state mean of about 344.

Across the 2 schools in Butterfield-Odin Public Schools (213 students total), BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY shows that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 20% White, 5% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Watonwan County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.5%; this one delivers 35.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Watonwan County put median household income runs about $71,699, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY is one of 8 public schools in Watonwan County (combined enrollment of about 2,002 students).

The closest other public school is BUTTERFIELD SECONDARY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 112 students in 2018 compared to 110 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 62% to 75% across the same window.

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