Butler Acres Elementary

Butler Acres Elementary operates as a medium-sized primary school in Kelso, Washington, run under Kelso School District. Current enrollment sits at 426 students spanning grades K through 5.

Kelso School District comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 4,960 students; Butler Acres Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Butler Acres Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder looks like 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Cowlitz County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Butler Acres Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cowlitz County put median household income runs about $76,531, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Cowlitz County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,080 students), of which Butler Acres Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kelso High School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Butler Acres Elementary.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Butler Acres Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 411 (now 426). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 82% to 66%.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.