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What tradition at Butler High School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
482
High
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUTLER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340252004166
Butler High School
38 BARTHOLDI AVENUE, BUTLER, NJ 07405 · (973) 492-2000 · Morris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of New Jersey public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
134 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 41%
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 99 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 104 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 132 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 147 | 30% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 71% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Butler Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -25.9pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -28.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 26 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 28 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.5% | 60.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for New Jersey 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 New Jersey'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 High School
Butler High School's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler High School this school | 482 | 27.8% | 47.9% |
| Pompton Lakes High School POMPTON LAKES | 610 | 24.9% | 41.0% |
| South Hunterdon Regional High School Lambertville | 377 | 30.0% | 32.2% |
| Newton High School NEWTON | 680 | 29.3% | 31.2% |
| Hopatcong High School Hopatcong | 506 | 35.2% | 17.3% |
| Wallkill Valley Regional High School HARDYSTON TOWNSHIP | 581 | 28.4% | 36.0% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #124 of 397 | #16 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #177 of 400 ▼ 114 | #21 of 25 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #219 of 395 ▼ 116 | #23 of 25 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #329 of 442 | #23 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #224 of 388 | #22 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #235 of 389 | #12 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #240 of 405 | #5 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #156 of 200 | #15 of 18 |
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
482
+39 (+9%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 553
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 482 | 38 | 12.7:1 | 28% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 44.6 | 11.3:1 | 24% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 41.3 | 11.6:1 | 23% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 39 | 11.4:1 | 18% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 41.7 | 12.0:1 | 18% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 43 | 11.6:1 | 18% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 40 | 12.9:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 43 | 12.9:1 | 5% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 553 | 44 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butler High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (499 to 482); teachers down 9% (41.7 to 38).
About Butler High School
A small high school in BUTLER, New Jersey, Butler High School is part of Butler Public School District. The school enrolls 482 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New Jersey is about 929, so this school runs 48% smaller than that.
Butler Public School District has 1,156 students in 3 schools, and Butler High School is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Butler High School, 62%, are White. Other reported shares: 32% Hispanic and 2% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Butler High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
Federal data list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers at Butler High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.7:1. High schools in New Jersey average about 12.7:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 28%. For comparison, public schools in Morris County average 19%.
The allk12 Grade for Butler High School is B+. Compared with New Jersey public high schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 51.0%. Butler High School scores 47.9%.
Census estimates describe Morris County this way: median household income is about $137,326, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Morris County number 156 and enroll about 72,239.
Richard Butler School is the public school closest to Butler High School, about 0.2 miles away. Butler High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 52.6% on proficiency, and Butler High School is below that at 47.9%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 443 in 2020-21 and 482 in 2024-25, a 9% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.7:1.
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Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Butler Public School District
- Aaron Decker SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Richard Butler SchoolMiddle · 291 students
Other schools in BUTLER
- Aaron Decker SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Richard Butler SchoolMiddle · 291 students
Other Butler High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Butler High. Butler High School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Butler High SchoolMatthews, NC · 1,791 students
- Butler High SchoolAugusta, GA · 878 students
- Butler High SchoolVandalia, OH · 856 students
- BUTLER HIGHBUTLER, MO · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Richard Butler School0.2 mi · 291
- Samuel R. Donald Elementary School0.6 mi · 232
- Aaron Decker School1.1 mi · 383
- Walter T. Bergen Middle School1.5 mi · 238
- Martha B. Day Elementary School1.6 mi · 207
- Kiel Elementary School1.8 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Butler High SchoolHow large is Butler High School?
Butler High School enrolls approximately 482 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Butler High School serve?
Butler High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Butler High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Butler High School is approximately 12.7:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Butler High School?
At Butler High School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 32% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Butler High School?
Butler High School is overseen by Butler Public School District in Morris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.