Baker-Butler Elementary

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in Charlottesville, Virginia, Baker-Butler Elementary hosts 692 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Albemarle County Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 39% bigger than typical.

Within Albemarle County Public Schools, which oversees 24 schools and 14,149 students, Baker-Butler Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Baker-Butler Elementary lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 20% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% Asian, 10% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the income-and-resources front, Baker-Butler Elementary reports 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Baker-Butler Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.9%, the actual is 76.1%, a residual of -3.8 points.

In the area at large, Albemarle County reports that median household income runs about $104,392, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Baker-Butler Elementary is one of 26 public schools in Albemarle County (combined enrollment of about 13,438 students).

Lakeside Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Baker-Butler Elementary. On composite proficiency, Baker-Butler Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 70.2%.

Baker-Butler Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Baker-Butler Elementary's enrollment has expanded 8% since 2018, when it stood at 643 (now 692). The White share of enrollment declined from 66% to 48% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.