Summary:
Butler, Indiana has two schools serving students from kindergarten through high school: Butler Elementary School for grades K–6 and Eastside Junior-Senior High School for grades 7–12, with 925 students total in the DeKalb County Eastern Com School District. The district is ranked 157th of 374 in Indiana, at the 58th percentile with 3 stars, and the area has no standalone middle school or alternative school in this list.
The junior-senior high is the stronger academic performer: its 2025–2026 rank is 196th of 415, at the 53rd percentile with 3 stars, and its graduation rate is 98.8%, well above the state’s 89.7%. Its ILEARN all-grade proficiency is above district in ELA (44.07% vs 33.74%) and math (43.5% vs 38.17%), and middle-grade math is notably strong. However, SAT ERW (38.04% vs state 51.9%) and SAT math (18.48% vs state 25.6%) are below state, and chronic absenteeism is 19.3%, above the district’s 14.6% and state’s 16.7%.
The elementary school stands out for attendance: chronic absenteeism is 11.0%, below the district and state, but its academics are much lower. Its 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency is ELA 19.82%, math 25.23%, and science 26.13%, and it ranks 828th of 1015 at the 18th percentile with 1 star. The weakest results are 5th-grade math at 6.52%, 5th-grade ELA at 13.04%, and 6th-grade math at 13.64%. The elementary school also has a higher free/reduced lunch rate (68.31% vs 45.08%) and lower per-student spending ($12,980 vs $16,173) than the high school, context that may matter though it does not prove causation.
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