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If you had an hour of school board time for Barnes Butte Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 247 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CROOK COUNTY SD·NCES 410372001840
Barnes Butte Elementary
1875 NE Ironhorse Dr, Prineville, OR 97754 · (541) 416-4150 · Crook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
405 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 59% · 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
Barnes Butte Elementary→Crook County Middle School
Based on grade levels within Crook County SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.2%
OR avg 43.0% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
35.4%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 36.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 Barnes Butte Elementary
Barnes Butte Elementary's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes Butte Elementary this school | 510 | 79.4% | 37.4% |
| Memorial Elementary School McMinnville | 557 | 77.2% | 55.0% |
| Sage Elementary School Redmond | 493 | 75.7% | 50.3% |
| Vale Elementary School Vale | 438 | 82.9% | 37.7% |
| Meadow Ridge Elementary Albany | 510 | 76.3% | 37.1% |
| Central Point Elementary School Central Point | 427 | 80.1% | 25.3% |
Matched among Oregon 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 Barnes Butte Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #254 of 591 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #297 of 646 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #273 of 646 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #55 of 710 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #66 of 587 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.6% | #336 of 587 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.4% | #282 of 645 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #211 of 493 |
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
510
+127 (+33%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 510 | 36.3 | 14.1:1 | 79% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 36.4 | 14.2:1 | 64% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 32.5 | 14.7:1 | 64% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 27 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 32.5 | 20.0:1 | 59% (383) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 34 | 19.0:1 | 68% (442) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barnes Butte Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (652 to 510); teachers up 12% (32.5 to 36.3).
About Barnes Butte Elementary
Barnes Butte Elementary is a large elementary school in Prineville, Oregon, under Crook County SD. The school has 510 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Oregon enroll about 321 students on average.
Crook County SD has 10 schools; together they serve 3,279 students.
The student body at Barnes Butte Elementary is 68% White. After that, the student body is 24% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Crook County, the White share is about 88%. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at Barnes Butte Elementary are from different groups.
There are 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Oregon, 16.5:1, is higher. Of all students at Barnes Butte Elementary, 79% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The model predicts 31.8% for a school in Oregon with Barnes Butte Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Barnes Butte Elementary posts 37.4%.
Crook County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $81,965 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Barnes Butte Elementary shares Crook County with 11 other public schools.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Crooked River Elementary School, is the closest to Barnes Butte Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 37.4% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 4 nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 510 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 383.
Barnes Butte Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Crook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,277
Census ACS
Median income
$81,965
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
4,788 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crook County SD
- Crook County High SchoolHigh · 842 students
- Crook County Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Crooked River Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
- Steins Pillar ElementaryElementary · 267 students
- Powell Butte Community Charter SchoolElementary · 212 students
- Grizzly Mountain HomeLinkElementary · 160 students
Other schools in Prineville
- Cascade Virtual AcademyCombined · 1,226 students
- Crook County High SchoolHigh · 842 students
- Crook County Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Crooked River Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
- Steins Pillar ElementaryElementary · 267 students
- Grizzly Mountain HomeLinkElementary · 160 students
Nearby schools
- Crooked River Elementary School0.7 mi · 553
- Crook County Middle School0.7 mi · 616
- Steins Pillar Elementary0.9 mi · 267
- Grizzly Mountain HomeLink0.9 mi · 160
- Pioneer Secondary Alternative High School1.1 mi · 89
- Crook County High School1.1 mi · 842
Frequently asked questions
About Barnes Butte ElementaryHow large is Barnes Butte Elementary?
Barnes Butte Elementary enrolls approximately 510 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Barnes Butte Elementary serve?
Barnes Butte Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Barnes Butte Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Barnes Butte Elementary is approximately 14.1:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barnes Butte Elementary?
At Barnes Butte Elementary, the student body is approximately 68% White, 24% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Barnes Butte Elementary?
Barnes Butte Elementary is overseen by Crook County SD in Crook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.