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If you could change one rule at BAKER-BUTLER ELEM, what would it be?
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Enrollment
692
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBEMARLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510009001937
Baker-Butler Elementary
2740 Proffit Road, Charlottesville, VA 22911 · (434) 974-7777 · Albemarle County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
209 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 66%
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
74.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
78.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 76.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. 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
76.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% typical for Virginia 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 Virginia'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 →
Schools most like Baker-Butler Elementary
Baker-Butler Elementary's state test result (76.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker-Butler Elementary this school | 692 | 30.2% | 76.1% |
| Tabb Elementary Yorktown | 707 | 28.9% | 90.8% |
| Bush Hill Elementary Alexandria | 673 | 27.0% | 80.3% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary Manassas | 642 | 25.7% | 85.9% |
| Newington Forest Elementary Springfield | 579 | 25.7% | 78.7% |
| Cardinal Forest Elementary Springfield | 680 | 31.2% | 76.2% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Baker-Butler Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Albemarle County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #412 of 1,101 | #6 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #445 of 1,111 ▼ 112 | #9 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #471 of 1,111 ▼ 86 | #9 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #193 of 1,176 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #592 of 1,105 | #13 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #226 of 1,106 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #941 of 1,157 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #159 of 324 | #4 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
692
+55 (+9%) vs 2020
+47% since 2010-11, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 692 | 49 | 14.1:1 | 30% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 735 | 54 | 13.6:1 | 29% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 740 | 52.3 | 14.2:1 | 29% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 637 | 47 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 46.5 | 13.8:1 | 28% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 602 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 20% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 18% (84) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baker-Butler Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (643 to 692); teachers up 5% (46.5 to 49).
About Baker-Butler Elementary
Baker-Butler Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Charlottesville, Virginia. Enrollment stands at 692 students, covering pre-K through 5. That is 39% bigger than the average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Albemarle County Public Schools has 14,149 students spread across 24 schools.
About 48% of students at Baker-Butler Elementary are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% Asian, and 10% multiracial. Among all residents of Albemarle County, the White share is about 75%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
On staff are 49 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is about 13.8:1. About 30% of students at Baker-Butler Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Baker-Butler Elementary outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Baker-Butler Elementary is 79.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 76.1%.
The county, Albemarle County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $104,392 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Albemarle County has 26 public schools with about 13,438 students, including Baker-Butler Elementary.
Lakeside Middle is the nearest public school to Baker-Butler Elementary, about 1.2 miles away. Baker-Butler Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles. The school's 76.1% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
Baker-Butler Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 637 (2020-21) to 692 (2024-25).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Baker-Butler Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Albemarle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
114,919
Census ACS
Median income
$104,392
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,438 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Albemarle County Public Schools
- Albemarle HighHigh · 1,964 students
- Western Albemarle HighHigh · 1,273 students
- Monticello HighHigh · 1,184 students
- Joseph T. Henley MiddleMiddle · 847 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 769 students
- Journey MiddleMiddle · 646 students
Other schools in Charlottesville
- Albemarle HighHigh · 1,964 students
- Charlottesville HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Monticello HighHigh · 1,184 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 769 students
- Journey MiddleMiddle · 646 students
- Lakeside MiddleMiddle · 574 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeside Middle1.2 mi · 574
- Hollymead Elementary1.3 mi · 452
- Stony Point Elementary2.9 mi · 217
- Woodbrook Elementary3.5 mi · 522
- Agnor Elementary3.8 mi · 523
- Broadus Wood Elementary4.6 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Baker-Butler ElementaryHow many students attend Baker-Butler Elementary?
Baker-Butler Elementary enrolls approximately 692 students in grades PK-05.
Is Baker-Butler Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Baker-Butler Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Baker-Butler Elementary?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Baker-Butler Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Baker-Butler Elementary?
Student demographics at Baker-Butler Elementary are roughly 48% White, 20% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Baker-Butler Elementary?
Baker-Butler Elementary is overseen by Albemarle County Public Schools in Albemarle County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.