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What's the one class at BUTLER HIGH every student should take?
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Enrollment
476
High
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUTLER R-V·NCES 290636000158
BUTLER HIGH
420 S FULTON ST, BUTLER, MO 64730 · (660) 679-6121 · Bates County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
210 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BUTLER R-V. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
11.2%
MO avg 49.5% . -37.3pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 37 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
476
-13 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.5:1
% White
88%
was 93%
% Hispanic
7%
was 3%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BUTLER HIGH
BUTLER HIGH, a mid-sized secondary school in BUTLER, Missouri, one of the schools within BUTLER R-V, educates 476 students, covering grades 6 through 12.
BUTLER R-V comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 971 students; BUTLER HIGH is among them.
In terms of who attends, BUTLER HIGH shows that nearly all students (88%) are White. The remainder looks like 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BUTLER HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 34.5%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Bates County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $60,733 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. BUTLER HIGH is one of 15 public schools in Bates County (combined enrollment of about 2,514 students).
BUTLER EARLY CHILDHOOD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BUTLER HIGH ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.0%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BUTLER HIGH has shrank 3%, going from 489 students in 2018 to 476 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 93% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Bates County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,186
Census ACS
Median income
$60,733
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
2,514 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BUTLER R-V
- BUTLER ELEM.Elementary · 410 students
- BUTLER EARLY CHILDHOODElementary · 85 students
Other schools in BUTLER
- BUTLER ELEM.Elementary · 410 students
- BUTLER EARLY CHILDHOODElementary · 85 students
- BALLARD HIGHHigh · 59 students
- BALLARD ELEM.Elementary · 57 students
Nearby schools
- BUTLER EARLY CHILDHOOD0.2 mi · 85
- BUTLER ELEM.0.5 mi · 410
- ADRIAN SR. HIGH10.2 mi · 375
- ADRIAN ELEM.10.2 mi · 314
- RICH HILL HIGH10.4 mi · 190
- RICH HILL ELEM.10.4 mi · 192
Frequently asked questions
About BUTLER HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at BUTLER HIGH?
BUTLER HIGH enrolls approximately 476 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does BUTLER HIGH serve?
BUTLER HIGH serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BUTLER HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BUTLER HIGH is approximately 11.9:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BUTLER HIGH?
BUTLER HIGH reports a student body of 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees BUTLER HIGH?
BUTLER HIGH is overseen by BUTLER R-V in Bates County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.