Butler School

As an average-sized elementary-level community in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Butler School educates 600 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Canyons District. Compared to the state average of about 491 students per school, that is 22% above typical.

Butler School is one of 47 schools operated by Canyons District, a district that instructs 32,688 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Butler School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). The remainder consists of 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Butler School logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Butler School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.9%; this one delivers 62.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Salt Lake County shows median household income runs about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Butler School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Butler Middle, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Butler School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Butler School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 57.0%.

Butler School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Butler School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 595 (now 600). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 84% to 80%.

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