📍 4006 S Butte Rd, Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 99645
Butte Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The school has 274 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
Butte Elementary enrolls 274 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 19 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 12% Two or more races and 7.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 199 | 73% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 7.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 19 | 6.9% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
119 of the school's 274 students (43%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Butte Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS At-Large.
Butte Elementary is one of 49 schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, based in Palmer, Alaska. The district serves 19,495 students district-wide and employs 998 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 274 students, Butte Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 398 students per school.
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