Kenneth N Butz Jr El Sch

Kenneth N Butz Jr El Sch is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, overseen by Nazareth Area SD, with 576 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 30% above typical.

Within Nazareth Area SD, which oversees 6 schools and 4,884 students, Kenneth N Butz Jr El Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Kenneth N Butz Jr El Sch logs that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Northampton County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Northampton County (around 61%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Kenneth N Butz Jr El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Northampton County put median household income runs about $89,184, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Northampton County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students), Kenneth N Butz Jr El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Plainfield El Sch, roughly 2.3 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kenneth N Butz Jr El Sch comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 59.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 65%: 350 students in 2018 compared to 576 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 90% to 83%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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