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Butterworth Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
1268th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,737 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 27% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Butterworth Elementary School serves 273 students in prekindergarten through grade 5 in Moline, Illinois, within the Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40. Its 2025–2026 results put mathematics ahead of its district and closer to the state benchmark, while ELA and science trail both benchmarks. The most important finding for families is that ELA is the clearest academic concern: proficiency was 17 percentage points below the state.

Mathematics is the school’s relative strength against district and state results: 33% of students were proficient, 2 points above the district and 7 below the state; ELA proficiency was 40%, 4 points below the district and 17 below the state. Fifth-grade science proficiency was 33%, 3 points below the district and 14 below the state. Compared with seven nearby same-district schools, Butterworth ranked fourth of eight in ELA and fifth of eight in math, and its math result was 7 points below their average. A grade-level bright spot is third-grade math: 52% proficiency was 2 points above the state and 3 above the district, ranking third among seven same-district schools with results.

Results have improved over the longer term, though the latest year was less encouraging: since 2023–2024, ELA proficiency rose 20 points to 40%, while math rose 14 points to 33%; in the latest year, ELA was unchanged and math fell 4 points. SchoolDigger ranked Butterworth at the 27th percentile and awarded it 1 star in 2025–2026, down from the 37th percentile in 2024–2025. Its student–teacher ratio was 17:1 in 2024–2025, the highest reported among nearby schools, and 71% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, close to the nearby-school average of 73%. SchoolDigger’s statewide subgroup rankings show a notable difference in measured standing: the school ranked at the 58th percentile for Low Socio Economic Status Students in 2025–2026, compared with its overall 27th percentile; for White Students, it ranked at the 18th percentile in 2024–2025, compared with 37th overall. Some grade-level math results are suppressed, limiting those comparisons.

273
Students ?
17.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,365
Per pupil spending ?
71.1%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
97.7%
Measles protection (all grades) (2025-26)
 4205 48th St
       Moline, IL  61265-6731

(309) 743-1604

District: Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40


Students who attend Butterworth Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Woodrow Wilson Middle School
High:    Moline Senior High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
50.5%
Hispanic:
24.2%
African American:
15.8%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 63rd percentile in 2016 → 27th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (35% vs 48% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 36 percentile points since 2016
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school35%
District avg37%
Illinois avg48%
1,268th of 1,737
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 27%▼ down 36 pts since 2016
From top 37% (2016) to bottom 27% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
5th of 8Elementary Schools in the Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40
597th of 738Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 among Illinois districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202625.21268 of 173727.0%★☆☆☆☆
202535.91295 of 205637.0%★★☆☆☆
202432.71323 of 206736.0%★★☆☆☆
202323.61561 of 207724.8%★☆☆☆☆
202225.61500 of 208228.0%★☆☆☆☆
202145.9933 of 194852.1%★★★☆☆
201962.5725 of 208665.2%★★★☆☆
201864.7656 of 203767.8%★★★☆☆
201770.1566 of 204472.3%★★★★☆
201659.6752 of 204663.2%★★★☆☆
201554.5807 of 205260.7%★★★☆☆
201450.31091 of 209347.9%★★☆☆☆
201355.31055 of 216751.3%★★★☆☆
201252.41237 of 216642.9%★★☆☆☆
201160.11038 of 214751.7%★★★☆☆
201060.81027 of 213952.0%★★★☆☆
200966.0873 of 212058.8%★★★☆☆
200872.2650 of 209268.9%★★★☆☆
200769.9708 of 209566.2%★★★☆☆
200666.7825 of 208660.5%★★★☆☆
200568.0755 of 202262.7%★★★☆☆
200473.3586 of 203071.1%★★★★☆
200360.1979 of 202051.5%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202529.91374 of 194229.2%★☆☆☆☆
202430.41316 of 194232.2%★★☆☆☆
202325.51435 of 195726.7%★☆☆☆☆
202225.81434 of 197027.2%★☆☆☆☆
202159.3589 of 168064.9%★★★☆☆
201970.9520 of 201974.2%★★★★☆
201856.7779 of 196460.3%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202653.4424 of 100157.6%★★★☆☆
202553.3786 of 180056.3%★★★☆☆
202448.0846 of 179352.8%★★★☆☆
202326.81427 of 180821.1%★☆☆☆☆
202234.71149 of 176334.8%★★☆☆☆
202161.5389 of 151474.3%★★★★☆
201941.21066 of 181641.3%★★☆☆☆
201851.3774 of 176556.1%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202544.81046 of 194746.3%★★☆☆☆
202424.11480 of 195924.5%★☆☆☆☆
202322.51532 of 198422.8%★☆☆☆☆
202229.31324 of 197733.0%★★☆☆☆
202143.7867 of 170749.2%★★☆☆☆
201954.1837 of 201958.5%★★★☆☆
201869.5529 of 197273.2%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202522.01145 of 138917.6%★☆☆☆☆
202423.41137 of 139218.3%★☆☆☆☆
202313.61311 of 14197.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.31311 of 14258.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202133.5917 of 130829.9%★★☆☆☆
201945.8812 of 146244.5%★★☆☆☆
201856.9592 of 146359.5%★★★☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)58th percentile+31 vs school
Male (2025)46th percentile+9 vs school
Female (2025)29th percentile-8 vs school
White (2025)18th percentile-19 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts40%-16 vs state
Science33%-14 vs state
Mathematics33%-7 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 273 students attended Butterworth Elementary School.

Butterworth Elementary School ranks 1268th of 1737 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students who attend Butterworth Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Woodrow Wilson Middle School
High : Moline Senior High School

Students at Butterworth Elementary School are 51% White, 24% Hispanic, 16% African American, 7% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

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2025–26 school spending dataNewOct 30, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 30, 2026
2025–26 ACT, IAR, ISA & PreACT Secure test scoresNewOct 30, 2026
2013–14 through 2025–26 immunization rates (updated)NewOct 19, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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