McQuistion El Sch

McQuistion El Sch operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Butler, Pennsylvania, run under Butler Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 498 students spanning grades K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, McQuistion El Sch shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 101% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Butler County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, McQuistion El Sch is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 34.5%; this one delivers 61.1%, a residual of +26.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for Butler County shows median household earnings sit near $89,843, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 McQuistion El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Broad Street El Sch, around 1.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McQuistion El Sch at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 49.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McQuistion El Sch has rose 13%, going from 439 students in 2018 to 498 in 2025.

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