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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 648 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESAPEAKE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510081000457
Butts Road Intermediate
1571 Mt Pleasant Rd, Chesapeake, VA 23322 · (757) 482-4566 · Chesapeake city
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
18.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
74 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 186 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 193 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 200 | 35% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
90.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
87.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Butts Road Intermediate
Butts Road Intermediate's state test result (87.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butts Road Intermediate this school | 579 | 12.8% | 87.5% |
| Crozet Elementary Crozet | 571 | 15.1% | 75.5% |
| Red Mill Elementary Virginia Beach | 586 | 14.7% | 88.1% |
| Kingston Elementary Virginia Beach | 518 | 10.8% | 88.1% |
| Round Hill Elementary Round Hill | 521 | 10.4% | 83.0% |
| Brownsville Elementary Crozet | 530 | 13.8% | 86.3% |
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 Butts Road Intermediate ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesapeake city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #100 of 1,101 | #4 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #106 of 1,111 ▼ 12 | #5 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #119 of 1,111 ▲ 39 | #2 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #401 of 1,176 | #17 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #1,080 of 1,105 | #28 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #918 of 1,106 | #27 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.8% | #1,091 of 1,157 | #27 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #381 of 759 | #8 of 16 |
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
579
-37 (-6%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 785
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 579 | 31.2 | 18.6:1 | 13% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 33.2 | 17.3:1 | 13% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 35.5 | 17.4:1 | 11% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 36 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 657 | 36.8 | 17.9:1 | 14% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 8% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 706 | 31 | 22.8:1 | 6% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 785 | 41 | 19.1:1 | 4% (34) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butts Road Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (657 to 579); teachers down 15% (36.8 to 31.2).
About Butts Road Intermediate
Butts Road Intermediate is a medium-sized elementary school in Chesapeake, Virginia, one of the schools in Chesapeake City Public Schools. The school counts 579 students across grades 3 through 5.
Chesapeake City Public Schools is the local district for Butts Road Intermediate. It runs 45 schools with 40,607 students.
Butts Road Intermediate is 78% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 55% of Chesapeake city residents are White. Butts Road Intermediate's diversity index is 38%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Butts Road Intermediate in 2024-25, for a ratio of 18.6:1. That is higher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The lunch program counts 13% of students at Butts Road Intermediate as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Chesapeake city average 49%.
Butts Road Intermediate is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 81% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Butts Road Intermediate's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (87.5%) and its predicted rate (84.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
Across Chesapeake city, the median household income is $95,373, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chesapeake city is home to 50 public schools and about 40,607 public school students.
The shortest distance from Butts Road Intermediate to another public school is about 1.4 miles, to Butts Road Primary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Butts Road Intermediate ranks 2nd on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 579 students in 2024-25, 37 fewer than the 616 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 17.1:1 to 18.6:1.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Chesapeake city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
252,583
Census ACS
Median income
$95,373
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
40,607 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chesapeake City Public Schools
- Grassfield HighHigh · 2,345 students
- Oscar F. Smith HighHigh · 2,264 students
- Western Branch HighHigh · 2,138 students
- Deep Creek HighHigh · 1,691 students
- Indian River HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Hickory HighHigh · 1,600 students
Other schools in Chesapeake
- Grassfield HighHigh · 2,345 students
- Oscar F. Smith HighHigh · 2,264 students
- Western Branch HighHigh · 2,138 students
- Deep Creek HighHigh · 1,691 students
- Indian River HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Hickory HighHigh · 1,600 students
Nearby schools
- Butts Road Primary1.4 mi · 498
- Great Bridge Middle3.2 mi · 1,309
- Great Bridge Intermediate3.7 mi · 728
- Centerville Elementary3.8 mi · 570
- Great Bridge High3.9 mi · 1,491
- Greenbrier Middle4.2 mi · 788
Frequently asked questions
About Butts Road IntermediateHow large is Butts Road Intermediate?
Butts Road Intermediate enrolls approximately 579 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Butts Road Intermediate serve?
Butts Road Intermediate serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Butts Road Intermediate?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at Butts Road Intermediate.
How diverse is Butts Road Intermediate?
Butts Road Intermediate reports a student body of 78% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Butts Road Intermediate?
Butts Road Intermediate is overseen by Chesapeake City Public Schools in Chesapeake city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.