B.F. Butler Middle School

B.F. Butler Middle School is a middle school of mid-tier scale in Lowell, Massachusetts, operated by Lowell, educateing 516 students in grades 5 through 8.

Within Lowell, which oversees 27 schools and 14,457 students, B.F. Butler Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, B.F. Butler Middle School lists that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% Asian, 18% White, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 9% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) logs that median household earnings sit near $130,847, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), B.F. Butler Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: John J Shaughnessy, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at B.F. Butler Middle School has fell 3%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 516 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 30% to 41%.

On allk12, the feed for B.F. Butler Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.