Enrollment
291
Middle
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUTLER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340252004170
Richard Butler School
30 PEARL PLACE, BUTLER, NJ 07405 · (973) 492-2079 · Morris County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of New Jersey public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
100 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 62 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 25% |
Student demographics
52%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
Students here typically continue to
Richard Butler School→Butler High School
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
68.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
43.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 43.4% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 40.3% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Richard Butler School
Richard Butler School's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Butler School this school | 291 | 34.4% | 48.3% |
| Lakeside School POMPTON LAKES | 370 | 34.9% | 47.9% |
| Spotswood Memorial Middle School SPOTSWOOD | 269 | 30.9% | 31.3% |
| Walter T. Bergen Middle School BLOOMINGDALE | 238 | 39.5% | 44.3% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School ROCKAWAY | 299 | 32.4% | 48.7% |
| North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School WRIGHTSTOWN | 349 | 34.7% | 43.3% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Richard Butler School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #195 of 433 | #25 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #211 of 437 ▲ 1 | #26 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #151 of 437 ▲ 35 | #19 of 32 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #377 of 445 | #27 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #89 of 417 | #11 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #247 of 419 | #18 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.4% | #212 of 436 | #5 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #115 of 122 | #9 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
291
-17 (-6%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 297
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 291 | 30.5 | 9.5:1 | 34% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 32.9 | 9.1:1 | 25% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 298 | 32.5 | 9.2:1 | 28% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 28 | 11.0:1 | 24% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 289 | 25.9 | 11.2:1 | 20% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 270 | 26 | 10.4:1 | 22% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 243 | 19 | 12.8:1 | 11% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 270 | 21 | 12.9:1 | 13% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 30 | 9.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard Butler School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (289 to 291); teachers up 18% (25.9 to 30.5).
About Richard Butler School
Richard Butler School is a public middle school run by Butler Public School District in BUTLER, New Jersey. The school serves 291 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students.
Butler Public School District runs Richard Butler School along with 2 other schools, enrolling 1,156 students in total.
Roughly 60% of students at Richard Butler School are White. Other reported shares: 35% Hispanic and 2% Asian. Morris County's residents are about 68% White, 8 points above the school's share. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 9.5 students per teacher and 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.4 below the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 34%. That is higher than the 19% average for public schools in Morris County.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Richard Butler School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Richard Butler School's results are within a point of predicted: 48.3% against 47.4%.
In the county around the school, Morris County, the median household income is $137,326, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Morris County is home to 156 public schools and about 72,239 public school students.
Butler High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Richard Butler School holds at least 8 other public schools. Richard Butler School's average proficiency of 48.3% compares with 53.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 6% from its 2020-21 level of 308. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.0:1 in 2020-21, and 9.5:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Butler High SchoolHigh · 482 students
- Aaron Decker SchoolElementary · 383 students
Other schools in BUTLER
- Butler High SchoolHigh · 482 students
- Aaron Decker SchoolElementary · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Butler High School0.2 mi · 482
- Samuel R. Donald Elementary School0.7 mi · 232
- Aaron Decker School1.2 mi · 383
- Walter T. Bergen Middle School1.7 mi · 238
- Martha B. Day Elementary School1.7 mi · 207
- Riverdale School1.8 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About Richard Butler SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Richard Butler School?
Richard Butler School enrolls approximately 291 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Richard Butler School serve?
Richard Butler School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Richard Butler School have?
Richard Butler School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
How diverse is Richard Butler School?
Richard Butler School reports a student body of 60% White, 35% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Richard Butler School?
Richard Butler School is overseen by Butler Public School District in Morris County.
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