Butterfield Elementary School (Lake Elsinore, California)

Butterfield Elementary School was a publicly funded elementary school within the Lake Elsinore Unified School District in Lake Elsinore, California, United States. Named after the historic Butterfield Overland Stage route passing in front of the school, Butterfield Elementary was known for its innovative educational programs, particularly in the arts. In 1995, it hosted Riverside County's first Elementary Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Magnet School Program, which was previously located at Elsinore Elementary School. Riverside County's second VAPA program began in 1991 at the Butterfield School of the Arts in Moreno Valley.

Butterfield Elementary received numerous grants and awards in the performing arts, and its students performed alongside groups such as The Young Americans and actor Mark Wahlberg. The school closed on June 3, 2010, after 28 years of operation. Students and staff moved to the nearby Lakeland Village Middle School campus, which was renamed Lakeland Village School and reorganized as a K–8 institution. The school's legacy was preserved through the naming of the auditorium as the Butterfield Performing Arts Center.

In 2014, plans were proposed to rebuild Butterfield Elementary by Fall 2016. However, after feasibility studies revealed high costs and the need for seismic retrofitting, the reconstruction plan was canceled.

The former school site was later converted into the Lakeland Village Community Center, which officially opened on June 11, 2016. Renovations included converting the school library into a fitness and dance room, transforming staff areas into arts and crafts spaces, and upgrading accessibility features such as a wheelchair lift for the multipurpose room stage.