Enrollment
252
Elementary
DISTRICT 235 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEAR FORK VALLEY LOCAL·NCES 390494103581
Butler Elementary School
125 College St, Butler, OH 44822 · (419) 883-3451 · Richland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL252 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Ohio 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.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
113 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 43%
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 | 50 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 54% · 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
Based on grade levels within Clear Fork Valley Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
74.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.4pp since 2021
Math
77.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.8% | 71.7% |
| 2022-23 | 71.6% | 70.9% |
| 2021-22 | 70.6% | 75.4% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
73.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 (73.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Elementary School this school | 252 | 44.8% | 73.6% |
| Beverly-Center Elementary School Beverly | 224 | 48.7% | 83.3% |
| Russellville Elementary School Russellville | 295 | 47.5% | 79.9% |
| Chippewa Intermediate School Doylestown | 336 | 44.6% | 87.0% |
| O H Somers Elementary School Mogadore | 336 | 43.2% | 75.7% |
| Jefferson Ave Elementary School Shadyside | 224 | 50.9% | N/A |
Matched among Ohio 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 Ohio | In Richland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #389 of 673 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #463 of 1,569 ▲ 112 | #10 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #464 of 1,569 ▲ 226 | #8 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #805 of 1,514 | #11 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 252 | #1,445 of 1,808 | #15 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #70 of 1,582 | #2 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.9% | #1,378 of 1,590 | #18 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.8% | #339 of 767 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #263 of 992 | #1 of 12 |
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
252
+12 (+5%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 252 | 19.6 | 12.9:1 | 45% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 16.6 | 15.7:1 | 48% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 17.1 | 15.1:1 | 44% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 240 | 22 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 20.7 | 15.2:1 | 42% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 327 | 19 | 17.2:1 | 38% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 49% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 446 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 18% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 30 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butler Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (314 to 252); teachers down 5% (20.7 to 19.6).
About Butler Elementary School
Butler Elementary School sits in Butler, Ohio, and is classified as an elementary school. The school counts 252 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404 students.
Clear Fork Valley Local has 1,472 students in 5 schools, and Butler Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students are the large majority at Butler Elementary School, with 93% of enrollment. Other groups include 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Richland County residents are about 85% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Butler Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 13%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.9:1, with 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 45% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Richland County report 54%.
allk12 grades Butler Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Butler Elementary School scores 73.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 71.9%.
Within Richland County, median household income is about $59,509, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Richland County number 49 and enroll about 18,772.
The school nearest to Butler Elementary School is Clear Fork Valley Preschool, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, Butler Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Federal counts put enrollment at 240 in 2020-21 and 252 in 2024-25, a 5% gain. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.9:1) than in 2020-21 (10.9:1).
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Richland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,099
Census ACS
Median income
$59,509
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
18,772 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clear Fork Valley Local
- Clear Fork High SchoolHigh · 412 students
- Bellville Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Clear Fork Middle SchoolMiddle · 354 students
- Clear Fork Valley PreschoolElementary · 54 students
Other Butler Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Butler Elementary. Butler Elementary School is the 8th 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
- Clear Fork Valley Preschool0.0 mi · 54
- Clear Fork High School2.8 mi · 412
- Clear Fork Middle School2.8 mi · 354
- Bellville Elementary School4.6 mi · 400
- Lucas High School7.9 mi · 140
- Lucas Heritage Middle School8.0 mi · 70
Frequently asked questions
About Butler Elementary SchoolHow large is Butler Elementary School?
Butler Elementary School enrolls approximately 252 students in grades KG-05.
Is Butler Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Butler Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Butler Elementary School have?
Butler Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
How diverse is Butler Elementary School?
Butler Elementary School reports a student body of 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Butler Elementary School?
Butler Elementary School is overseen by Clear Fork Valley Local in Richland County.
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