Butte High School

Butte High School is one of the roomy four-year high schools in Butte, Montana, run under Butte H S, with 1,266 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 432% above the typical public school in Montana, which averages around 238 students.

Butte High School sits inside Butte H S, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Butte High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting Butte High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Silver Bow County runs at roughly 91%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Silver Bow County indicate median household income runs about $61,754, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Silver Bow County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,364 students), Butte High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: West Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Butte High School.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Butte High School's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,206 (now 1,266).

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.