Butler Junior High School
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 42 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 36% |
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Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.9% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.2% | 77.7% |
Where Butler Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #8 of 640 ▼ 3 | #2 of 51 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.9% | #5 of 640 ▲ 2 | #1 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 163 | #602 of 691 | #51 of 51 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 163 | 26.9 | 6.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 183 | 25.2 | 7.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 190 | 26.1 | 7.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 202 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 194 | 18.5 | 10.5:1 | 3% (6) |
| 2015-16 | 180 | 15 | 12.0:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 149 | 19 | 7.8:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 196 | 21 | 9.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 245 | 21 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (194 to 163); teachers up 45% (18.5 to 26.9).
About Butler Junior High School
Families in Oak Brook, Illinois, are served by Butler Junior High School, a small middle-grades school. The school had 163 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Illinois) has about 462 students.
The district, Butler SD 53, has 463 students enrolled across 3 schools.
Butler Junior High School has no majority group; Asian students are the largest, at 49%. Smaller groups are 34% White, 9% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. County-wide, 13% of DuPage County residents are Asian. Butler Junior High School's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 6.1:1. That is lower than the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois.
Butler Junior High School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 98% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Across DuPage County, the median household income is $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DuPage County is home to 277 public schools and about 138,557 public school students.
Oak Brook Park District is the closest public school, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 163 students in 2024-25, 39 fewer than the 202 it had in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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