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Enrollment
1,290
High
DISTRICT 862 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000644
Butler Traditional High
2222 Crums Lane, Louisville, KY 40216 · (502) 485-8220 · Jefferson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,290 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 6% of Kentucky public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
842 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
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 | 319 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 335 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 299 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 327 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 10 | 1% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
25.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
22.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Kentucky 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 Traditional High
Butler Traditional High's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Traditional High this school | 1,290 | 65.3% | 23.0% |
| Central High Magnet Career Academy Louisville | 1,256 | 67.4% | 26.5% |
| Jeffersontown High Jeffersontown | 1,196 | 65.7% | 25.7% |
| Pleasure Ridge Park High Louisville | 1,777 | 69.7% | 15.5% |
| Paducah Tilghman High School Paducah | 860 | 57.6% | 37.3% |
| Waggener High Louisville | 888 | 65.7% | 24.0% |
Matched among Kentucky 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 Traditional High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #198 of 211 | #10 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #196 of 211 | #8 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #203 of 211 | #11 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,290 | #43 of 304 | #12 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #97 of 217 | #15 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #40 of 217 | #16 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #66 of 230 | #16 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #11 of 139 | #3 of 12 |
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
1,290
-285 (-18%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 1,201
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 1,290 | 79 | 16.3:1 | 65% (842) |
| 2023-24 | 1,406 | 81 | 17.4:1 | 67% (940) |
| 2022-23 | 1,421 | 87.1 | 16.3:1 | 69% (983) |
| 2020-21 | 1,575 | 88 | 17.9:1 | 60% (948) |
| 2017-18 | 1,678 | 85.1 | 19.7:1 | 52% (870) |
| 2015-16 | 1,679 | 80 | 21.0:1 | 55% (929) |
| 2010-11 | 1,667 | 84 | 19.9:1 | 42% (704) |
| 2000-01 | 1,581 | 76 | 20.8:1 | 19% (304) |
| 1990-91 | 1,201 | 59 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butler Traditional High.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,678 to 1,290); teachers down 7% (85.1 to 79).
About Butler Traditional High
Butler Traditional High is a high-enrollment high school in Louisville, Kentucky, under Jefferson County. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 1,290 students enrolled. By comparison, high schools in Kentucky enroll about 558 students on average.
Jefferson County oversees Butler Traditional High and 166 other schools, with 95,124 students in total.
More than half of the students at Butler Traditional High are Black (58%). The next largest groups are 23% White, 12% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In Jefferson County overall, about 21% of residents are Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Butler Traditional High scores 59%.
The school's 79 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. The 16.6:1 average for high schools in Kentucky is close to this figure. Income data for the school show 65% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Butler Traditional High earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 6% of Kentucky public high schools.
Butler Traditional High trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 17.8 points (23.0% versus 40.8%), a bottom-10% result in Kentucky on BeatsExpectations.
In Jefferson County, median household income comes to about $69,866, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Jefferson County counts 175 public schools with about 95,579 students.
Mill Creek Elementary sits about 0.5 miles from Butler Traditional High. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Butler Traditional High ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Butler Traditional High is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 18% across 4 years, from 1,575 in 2020-21 to 1,290 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.9:1 in 2020-21 to 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
Butler Traditional High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
783,022
Census ACS
Median income
$69,866
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
175
95,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Eastern HighHigh · 1,790 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
Other schools in Louisville
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 students
Nearby schools
- Mill Creek Elementary0.5 mi · 437
- Schaffner Traditional Elementary0.5 mi · 573
- Jacob Elementary1.1 mi · 519
- Gutermuth Elementary1.2 mi · 451
- Cane Run Elementary1.2 mi · 401
- Crums Lane Elementary1.3 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Butler Traditional HighHow large is Butler Traditional High?
Butler Traditional High enrolls approximately 1,290 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Butler Traditional High serve?
Butler Traditional High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Butler Traditional High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Butler Traditional High is approximately 16.3:1 (79 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Butler Traditional High?
Butler Traditional High reports a student body of 23% White, 12% Hispanic, 58% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Butler Traditional High?
Butler Traditional High is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.