Butts Road Primary

Butts Road Primary is a mid-sized elementary school in Chesapeake City Public Schools, located in Chesapeake, Virginia. The school teaches pre-K through 2 and enrolls 498 students.

Butts Road Primary is one of the 45 schools that make up Chesapeake City Public Schools (40,607 students in total).

The largest group at Butts Road Primary is White students, at 73%. Other groups make up 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 55% of Chesapeake city residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.

Butts Road Primary reports a ratio of 16.2 students per teacher, from 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 2.3 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Butts Road Primary, 13% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 36 points below the 49% average for public schools in Chesapeake city.

Census data for Chesapeake city show median household income comes to about $95,373, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 50 public schools in the county, enrolling about 40,607, Butts Road Primary among them.

Among nearby public schools, Butts Road Intermediate is closest at about 1.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Butts Road Primary.

The NCES locale for Butts Road Primary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal enrollment counts increased from 476 (2020-21) to 498 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.2:1, from 14.4:1.

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