BUTTERFIELD EL

Located at 291 INDIAN LN, in SANGER, Texas, BUTTERFIELD EL is a reasonably sized primary school that hosts 503 students (grades 1 through 5), operated by SANGER ISD.

Across the 7 schools in SANGER ISD (2,880 students total), BUTTERFIELD EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, BUTTERFIELD EL logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 34% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BUTTERFIELD EL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BUTTERFIELD EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Denton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BUTTERFIELD EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

The closest other public school is SANGER H S, roughly 0.4 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BUTTERFIELD EL comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 51.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. BUTTERFIELD EL's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 503). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 27% to 34%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

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