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How has Butler County Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
461
Middle
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUTLER COUNTY·NCES 210081001697
Butler County Middle School
505 Ward Ave, Morgantown, KY 42261 · (270) 526-5647 · Butler County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Kentucky public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·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 Kentucky public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
274 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 157 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 166 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 138 | 30% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Butler County Middle School→Butler County High School
Based on grade levels within Butler County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
44.3%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
38.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kentucky's top nor bottom 10%.
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 County Middle School
Butler County Middle School's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler County Middle School this school | 461 | 59.4% | 38.2% |
| South Marshall Middle Benton | 432 | 60.9% | 38.1% |
| Calloway County Middle School Murray | 607 | 57.2% | 52.3% |
| LaRue County Middle School Hodgenville | 522 | 55.6% | 47.6% |
| Garrard Middle School Lancaster | 543 | 61.0% | 37.3% |
| Maurice Bowling Middle School Owenton | 475 | 55.8% | 23.4% |
Matched among Kentucky middle 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 County Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #121 of 216 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #118 of 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #123 of 217 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #143 of 221 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #87 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.6% | #130 of 210 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.4% | #104 of 219 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #149 of 156 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
461
-50 (-10%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 557
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 461 | 29.5 | 15.6:1 | 59% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 28.5 | 16.0:1 | 67% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 64% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 52% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 28 | 16.8:1 | 61% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 59% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 60% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 54% (300) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butler County Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (469 to 461); teachers up 5% (28 to 29.5).
About Butler County Middle School
At 505 Ward Ave in Morgantown, Kentucky, Butler County Middle School operates as a low-enrollment middle school. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 461 students in 2024-25.
District-wide, Butler County has 6 schools and 2,219 students.
The share of students at Butler County Middle School who are White is 86%. Enrollment also includes 11% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
Butler County Middle School has 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. That is in line with the 15.8:1 average for middle schools in Kentucky. At Butler County Middle School, 59% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Butler County is similar, at 58%.
On the allk12 Grade, Butler County Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 44% of Kentucky public middle schools.
Schools in Kentucky with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 43.0%. Butler County Middle School scores 38.2%.
In Butler County, home to about 12,393 people, median household income comes to about $56,092, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 10%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 7 public schools in the county, enrolling about 2,219, Butler County Middle School among them.
Butler County Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Morgantown Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Butler County Middle School ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 38.2% against a local average of 39.4%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
The school's enrollment fell 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.0:1 to 15.6:1.
This page is set up for the Butler County Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,393
Census ACS
Median income
$56,092
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
10%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,219 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Butler County
- Butler County High SchoolHigh · 662 students
- Morgantown Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- North Butler ElementaryElementary · 406 students
- Butler County Early Childhood CenterElementary · 67 students
- Butler County Learning CenterHigh · 13 students
Other schools in Morgantown
- Butler County High SchoolHigh · 662 students
- Morgantown Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- North Butler ElementaryElementary · 406 students
- Butler County Early Childhood CenterElementary · 67 students
- Butler County Learning CenterHigh · 13 students
- Butler Co. Area Technology CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Morgantown Elementary School0.1 mi · 610
- Butler County Learning Center1.7 mi · 13
- Butler County High School2.1 mi · 662
- Butler County Early Childhood Center3.1 mi · 67
- North Butler Elementary5.0 mi · 406
- Southern Elementary School11.1 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Butler County Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Butler County Middle School?
Butler County Middle School enrolls approximately 461 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Butler County Middle School serve?
Butler County Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Butler County Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Butler County Middle School is approximately 15.6:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Butler County Middle School?
Student demographics at Butler County Middle School are roughly 86% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Butler County Middle School public or private?
Butler County Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Butler County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.