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Alumni: what's one memory from BUTLER EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
610
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870000238
BUTLER EL
2121 MARGARET DR, ARLINGTON, TX 76012 · (682) 867-1010 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
200 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
69.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +1.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 1 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Source: STAAR. 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
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
610
-17 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.3:1
% White
50%
was 59%
% Hispanic
29%
was 20%
% Black
10%
was 8%
% Asian
4%
was 6%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BUTLER EL
BUTLER EL is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in ARLINGTON, Texas, one of the schools within ARLINGTON ISD, with 610 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.
Within ARLINGTON ISD, which oversees 75 schools and 53,394 students, BUTLER EL is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, BUTLER EL reports that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 29% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, On paper, BUTLER EL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 33% of students at BUTLER EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BUTLER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.6%, the actual is 60.2%, a residual of +0.6 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put median household income runs about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), BUTLER EL is one campus in the mix.
TURNING POINT SECONDARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BUTLER EL. On composite proficiency, BUTLER EL comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.
Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 627 students in 2018 compared to 610 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 59% to 50%.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARLINGTON ISD
- MARTIN H SHigh · 3,535 students
- SAM HOUSTON H SHigh · 3,208 students
- ARLINGTON H SHigh · 2,580 students
- LAMAR H SHigh · 2,457 students
- BOWIE H SHigh · 2,140 students
- SEGUIN H SHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- MARTIN H SHigh · 3,535 students
- SAM HOUSTON H SHigh · 3,208 students
- ARLINGTON H SHigh · 2,580 students
- LAMAR H SHigh · 2,457 students
- BOWIE H SHigh · 2,140 students
- MANSFIELD TIMBERVIEW H SHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- TURNING POINT SECONDARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 74
- LAMAR H S0.6 mi · 2,457
- JONES FINE ARTS / DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY0.7 mi · 435
- SHACKELFORD J H0.8 mi · 510
- PREMIER H S OF SOUTH IRVING0.9 mi · 18
- PREMIER H S OF ARLINGTON0.9 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About BUTLER ELHow large is BUTLER EL?
BUTLER EL enrolls approximately 610 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does BUTLER EL serve?
BUTLER EL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does BUTLER EL have?
BUTLER EL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at BUTLER EL?
Student demographics at BUTLER EL are roughly 50% White, 29% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is BUTLER EL public or private?
BUTLER EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ARLINGTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.