Butte des Morts Elementary

Butte des Morts Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in Menasha, Wisconsin, overseen by Menasha Joint School District. Current enrollment sits at 445 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% above the state mean of about 323.

Within Menasha Joint School District, which oversees 8 schools and 3,273 students, Butte des Morts Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Butte des Morts Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 21% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at Butte des Morts Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Winnebago County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Butte des Morts Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Winnebago County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,925 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Winnebago County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,271 students), Butte des Morts Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Banta Bilingual Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Butte des Morts Elementary. On composite proficiency, Butte des Morts Elementary comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 4%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 72% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.