Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MENASHA JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550903001054
Butte des Morts Elementary
501 Tayco St, Menasha, WI 54952 · (920) 967-1900 · Winnebago County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C-Test 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 Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
293 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 52 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Menasha Joint School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
43.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.6% | 43.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 46.6% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 Butte des Morts Elementary
Butte des Morts Elementary's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butte des Morts Elementary this school | 445 | 65.8% | 43.5% |
| Mitchell Elementary Cudahy | 403 | 66.3% | 47.4% |
| Koenig Elementary Two Rivers | 326 | 66.9% | 31.5% |
| Rawson Elementary South Milwaukee | 371 | 61.5% | 39.1% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Kenosha | 491 | 61.5% | 59.5% |
| Spring Hill Elementary Wisconsin Dells | 628 | 60.2% | 53.3% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Butte des Morts Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #726 of 982 | #19 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #683 of 992 ▼ 12 | #16 of 29 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #733 of 992 ▼ 21 | #19 of 29 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #251 of 1,157 | #5 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #97 of 901 | #4 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #200 of 901 | #10 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.8% | #219 of 1,064 | #8 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #170 of 240 | #7 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
445
+108 (+32%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 726
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 445 | 42.1 | 10.6:1 | 66% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 35.1 | 10.2:1 | 64% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 30 | 11.2:1 | 67% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | 33 | 10.2:1 | 71% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 32.9 | 13.0:1 | 61% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 33 | 13.1:1 | 65% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 64% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 20% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 726 | 45 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butte des Morts Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (429 to 445); teachers up 28% (32.9 to 42.1).
About Butte des Morts Elementary
Butte des Morts Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Menasha, Wisconsin. It reports enrollment of 445 students in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 38% above the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Menasha Joint School District, which runs Butte des Morts Elementary, has 8 schools and 3,273 students.
Of every 100 students at Butte des Morts Elementary, about 57 are White. The school is also 21% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 87%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Butte des Morts Elementary scores 61%.
Staffing at Butte des Morts Elementary comes to 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.6:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. On the income side, 66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Winnebago County average 41%.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Butte des Morts Elementary outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Butte des Morts Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.5% is 6.3 points above the 37.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Winnebago County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $74,925, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 56 public schools in the county, enrolling about 22,271, Butte des Morts Elementary among them.
Banta Bilingual Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Butte des Morts Elementary's average proficiency of 43.5% compares with 47.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies Butte des Morts Elementary's location as Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 108 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Winnebago County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
171,769
Census ACS
Median income
$74,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
22,271 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Menasha Joint School District
- Menasha HighHigh · 1,020 students
- Maplewood MiddleMiddle · 676 students
- Clovis Grove ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Gegan ElementaryElementary · 258 students
- Banta Bilingual ElementaryElementary · 184 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 152 students
Other schools in Menasha
- Menasha HighHigh · 1,020 students
- Maplewood MiddleMiddle · 676 students
- Clovis Grove ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Gegan ElementaryElementary · 258 students
- Banta Bilingual ElementaryElementary · 184 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 152 students
Nearby schools
- Banta Bilingual Elementary0.1 mi · 184
- Menasha High0.3 mi · 1,020
- Fox Valley Virtual School0.5 mi · 90
- Jefferson Elementary1.0 mi · 152
- Gegan Elementary1.2 mi · 258
- Clovis Grove Elementary1.4 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About Butte des Morts ElementaryHow many students attend Butte des Morts Elementary?
Butte des Morts Elementary enrolls approximately 445 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Butte des Morts Elementary serve?
Butte des Morts Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Butte des Morts Elementary have?
Butte des Morts Elementary employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Butte des Morts Elementary?
Student demographics at Butte des Morts Elementary are roughly 57% White, 21% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Butte des Morts Elementary public or private?
Butte des Morts Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Menasha Joint School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.