Emily Brittain El Sch

Emily Brittain El Sch, a close-knit elementary school in Butler, Pennsylvania, part of Butler Area SD, works with 255 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 42% leaner than typical.

Butler Area SD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,762 students; Emily Brittain El Sch is among them.

On demographics, Emily Brittain El Sch reports that nearly all students (81%) are White. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

In terms of school funding signals, Emily Brittain El Sch reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Emily Brittain El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Butler County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, Emily Brittain El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Butler County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,843, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Butler County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,616 students), of which Emily Brittain El Sch is one.

Broad Street El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Emily Brittain El Sch. On composite proficiency, Emily Brittain El Sch comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.3%.

Emily Brittain El Sch operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 279 students in 2018 compared to 255 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 87% to 81%.

On the community side, the feed for Emily Brittain El Sch typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.