BUTLER ELEM.

Set in BUTLER, Missouri, BUTLER ELEM. is a medium-sized elementary campus, part of BUTLER R-V. It teaches 410 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so BUTLER ELEM. sits 30% larger than that benchmark.

BUTLER R-V runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 971 students. BUTLER ELEM. is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, BUTLER ELEM. lists that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, BUTLER ELEM. has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting BUTLER ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at BUTLER ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bates County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BUTLER ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bates County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,733, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. BUTLER ELEM. is one of 15 public schools in Bates County (combined enrollment of about 2,514 students).

BUTLER EARLY CHILDHOOD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BUTLER ELEM. comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BUTLER ELEM. has contracted 19%, going from 506 students in 2018 to 410 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.