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Enrollment
1,791
High
DISTRICT 1,315 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297002324
Butler High School
1810 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd, Matthews, NC 28105 · (980) 343-6300 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,791 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of North Carolina public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
98 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
897 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 82%
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 | 478 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 495 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 402 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 416 | 23% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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 published attendance-zone data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
59.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
40.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 (51.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler High School this school | 1,791 | 50.1% | 51.3% |
| Rolesville High Rolesville | 2,321 | 50.6% | 36.8% |
| Jay M Robinson High Concord | 1,210 | 51.8% | 44.8% |
| West Cabarrus High Concord | 1,627 | 57.2% | 38.7% |
| Jack Britt High Fayetteville | 1,940 | 41.6% | 62.2% |
| Palisades High School Charlotte | 2,332 | 53.3% | 45.1% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #194 of 468 | #11 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #192 of 464 | #9 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #198 of 448 | #15 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,791 | #58 of 598 | #15 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #213 of 473 | #14 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #19 of 474 | #3 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #383 of 527 | #19 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #74 of 277 | #10 of 16 |
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
1,791
-188 (-9%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 1,969
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 1,791 | 98.4 | 18.2:1 | 50% (897) |
| 2023-24 | 1,843 | 108.4 | 17.0:1 | 47% (863) |
| 2022-23 | 1,876 | 99.1 | 18.9:1 | 35% (659) |
| 2020-21 | 1,979 | 109 | 18.2:1 | 29% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 2,121 | 116.4 | 18.2:1 | 41% (860) |
| 2015-16 | 2,133 | 114 | 18.7:1 | 41% (876) |
| 2010-11 | 2,171 | 115 | 18.9:1 | 34% (740) |
| 2000-01 | 1,969 | 100 | 19.7:1 | 17% (328) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butler High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (2,121 to 1,791); teachers down 15% (116.4 to 98.4).
About Butler High School
Butler High School is a large high school with its address in Matthews, North Carolina. The school serves 1,791 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in North Carolina average about 761 students.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools oversees Butler High School and 185 other schools, with 145,014 students in total.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Butler High School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 31%. The remaining shares are 30% Black, 28% White, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Mecklenburg County's population at about 16%. Butler High School's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Butler High School is 98.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 18.2:1. That is 1.4 students per teacher below the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. Around 50% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Mecklenburg County averages 71%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Butler High School a B-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 63.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Mecklenburg County show that the median household income is $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Butler High School is one of 226 public schools in the county.
Levine Middle College High Sch is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Butler High School comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Butler High School's enrollment dropped 9%, to 1,791.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Butler High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Mecklenburg County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,154,681
Census ACS
Median income
$87,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
170,407 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- William Amos Hough HighHigh · 2,518 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
Other schools in Matthews
- Weddington HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Weddington MiddleMiddle · 1,324 students
- Socrates AcademyCombined · 1,039 students
- Crestdale MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- Mint Hill MiddleMiddle · 878 students
- Mint Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 864 students
Other Butler High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Butler High. Butler High School is the largest of the 5.
- Butler High SchoolAugusta, GA · 878 students
- Butler High SchoolVandalia, OH · 856 students
- Butler High SchoolBUTLER, NJ · 482 students
- BUTLER HIGHBUTLER, MO · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Levine Middle College High Sch0.9 mi · 216
- Matthews Charter Academy1.0 mi · 771
- Crestdale Middle1.6 mi · 989
- Stallings Elementary1.7 mi · 766
- Matthews Elementary1.9 mi · 726
- Mint Hill Elementary School2.1 mi · 864
Frequently asked questions
About Butler High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Butler High School?
Butler High School enrolls approximately 1,791 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Butler High School serve?
Butler High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Butler High School?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at Butler High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Butler High School?
At Butler High School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 31% Hispanic, 30% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Butler High School in?
Butler High School is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.