Summary:
Butterfield-Odin Public Schools in Minnesota includes just one elementary school: Butterfield Elementary, located in Butterfield, MN. It serves grades PK–6 and enrolls about 110 students. Because it is the only elementary school in the district, there is no within-district comparison to make; grade-level district figures match the school exactly, while district all-grade figures differ slightly, likely reflecting additional tested grades or schools outside this elementary list.
Overall, the school performs better than its district but below Minnesota. In 2025–2026, all-grade proficiency was 33.9% in math, 33.9% in reading, and 21.4% in science, compared with state averages of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5%. The brightest spot is 5th grade, the only grade above the state in both math (50% vs. 41.9%) and reading (57.1% vs. 54.5%). Science improved notably, rising from 11.76% in 2024–2025 to 21.4%, narrowing the state gap from about 14.4 points to 4.1 points. Math, however, slipped from 42.37% to 33.9% over the same period. The biggest concerns are 4th grade math (20% vs. 55.2% state), 6th grade reading (23.5% vs. 53.4%), and 4th grade reading (26.7% vs. 48.8%).
Important context: 75.45% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch in 2024–2025, and the student/teacher ratio was a relatively low 8.6, which can support more individualized attention. The school's state rank was 654 of 881 (26th percentile, 1 star) in 2023–2024, 590 of 872 (32nd percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–2025, and 630 of 869 (28th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026. With only 110 students, grade-level percentages rest on small cohorts, so a few students can shift results substantially and year-to-year figures should be read with caution.
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