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Alumni: what's one memory from Butler High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
878
High
DISTRICT 851 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438001562
Butler High School
2011 Lumpkin Rd, Augusta, GA 30906 · (706) 796-4959 · Richmond County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL878 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
878 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 261 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 240 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 213 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 164 | 19% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
1.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -1.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 1 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are down about 1 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1.0% |
| 2023-24 | 1.9% |
| 2022-23 | 0.5% |
| 2021-22 | 2.0% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
3.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 3% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Butler High School
Butler High School's state test result (3.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler High School this school | 878 | 100.0% | 3.0% |
| Kendrick High School Columbus | 840 | 100.0% | 10.1% |
| Carver High School Columbus | 887 | 100.0% | 14.4% |
| Glenn Hills High School Augusta | 839 | 100.0% | 4.7% |
| Columbia High School Decatur | 877 | 100.0% | 15.7% |
| Laney High School Augusta | 736 | 100.0% | 8.1% |
Matched among Georgia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Butler High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 3.0% | #406 of 411 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 1.0% | #411 of 417 ▼ 12 | #11 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 878 | #286 of 480 | #5 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #287 of 413 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.5% | #364 of 413 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #65 of 425 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #133 of 168 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
878
+111 (+14%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,620
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 878 | 51.6 | 17.0:1 | 100% (878) |
| 2023-24 | 900 | 68.4 | 13.2:1 | 100% (900) |
| 2022-23 | 837 | 46 | 18.2:1 | 98% (820) |
| 2020-21 | 767 | 44 | 17.4:1 | 98% (751) |
| 2017-18 | 911 | 46 | 19.8:1 | 96% (878) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 43 | 18.2:1 | 97% (756) |
| 2010-11 | 927 | 68 | 13.6:1 | 79% (733) |
| 2000-01 | 1,320 | 75 | 17.6:1 | 49% (646) |
| 1990-91 | 1,620 | 84 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butler High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (911 to 878); teachers up 12% (46 to 51.6).
About Butler High School
Butler High School operates as a low-enrollment high school in Augusta, Georgia. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 878 students enrolled. The average among high schools in Georgia is roughly 1,120 students; this school is 22% smaller than that.
Richmond County is made up of 52 schools with 30,573 students in all.
The student body at Butler High School is 88% Black. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic, 4% White, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Richmond County, the Black share is about 56%. Butler High School's diversity index is 23%, against a US figure of 70%.
Butler High School's 51.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.0:1. On average, high schools in Georgia have 15.2:1, compared with 17.0:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 25.7% for Butler High School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 3.0%. The 22.7-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Richmond County show that the median household income is $55,637, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Besides Butler High School, Richmond County has 57 other public schools.
Dorothy Hains Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Butler High School. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Butler High School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 878 students in 2024-25, 111 more than the 767 it had in 2020-21.
Community posts for Butler High School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Richmond County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
206,069
Census ACS
Median income
$55,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
31,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richmond County
- Academy of Richmond County High SchoolHigh · 1,178 students
- Cross Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,152 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,088 students
- Hephzibah High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- Glenn Hills High SchoolHigh · 839 students
- Belair Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 students
Other schools in Augusta
- Academy of Richmond County High SchoolHigh · 1,178 students
- Cross Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,152 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,088 students
- Glenn Hills High SchoolHigh · 839 students
- Belair Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 students
- Richmond Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 765 students
Other Butler High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Butler High. Butler High School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Butler High SchoolMatthews, NC · 1,791 students
- Butler High SchoolVandalia, OH · 856 students
- Butler High SchoolBUTLER, NJ · 482 students
- BUTLER HIGHBUTLER, MO · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Dorothy Hains Elementary School0.6 mi · 479
- Wheeless Road Elementary School1.5 mi · 649
- Richmond Hill Middle School1.6 mi · 667
- Richmond Hill Elementary School1.6 mi · 765
- Wilkinson Gardens Elementary School1.8 mi · 472
- Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School1.8 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About Butler High SchoolHow large is Butler High School?
Butler High School enrolls approximately 878 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Butler High School serve?
Butler High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Butler High School?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at Butler High School.
How diverse is Butler High School?
Butler High School reports a student body of 4% White, 6% Hispanic, 88% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Butler High School public or private?
Butler High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Richmond County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.