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Butler Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 945 South 18th Street, Fort Dodge, Webster County, 50501

379
Pupils
12.9
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Butler Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Dodge, Webster County. The school has 379 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jessica Kruckenberg. It is part of the Fort Dodge Comm School District school district. It serves grades 1โ€“5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Jessica Kruckenberg
School district
Fort Dodge Comm School District

Enrollment & staffing

Butler Elementary School enrolls 379 students across grades 1โ€“5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.

Male students
181 (48%)
Female students
198 (52%)
Teachers (FTE)
29.4
Student-teacher ratio
12.9:1
Grade span
1โ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% White, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White25166%
Hispanic or Latino5214%
Two or more races4311%
Black or African American287.4%
Asian3<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

290 of the school's 379 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 251 qualify for free lunch and 39 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, RemoteGrades 1โ€“5Title I

Butler Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 IA-40, state senate district 5, state house district 9.

School district: Fort Dodge Comm School District

Butler Elementary School is one of 7 schools in Fort Dodge Comm School District, based in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The district serves 3,508 students district-wide and employs 235 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 379 students, Butler Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 501 students per school.

3,508
District students
7
Schools
235
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

42%
Reading proficient
47%
Math proficient
20%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Town - Remote

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