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Enrollment
391
Middle
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370180002385
Butner-Stem Middle
501 East D St, Butner, NC 27509 · (919) 575-9429 · Granville County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of North Carolina public middle schools
- CTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
388 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 6 | 121 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 127 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 143 | 37% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
46.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
38.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Butner-Stem Middle
Butner-Stem Middle's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butner-Stem Middle this school | 391 | 99.2% | 43.9% |
| Benson Middle Benson | 377 | 99.2% | 48.4% |
| Kannapolis Middle School 6 Kannapolis | 358 | 99.2% | 29.5% |
| East Lee Middle Sanford | 526 | 97.5% | 36.3% |
| Roseboro-Salemburg Middle Roseboro | 394 | 99.2% | 34.5% |
| Speight Middle Stantonsburg | 281 | 98.9% | 56.4% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Butner-Stem Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #312 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #332 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #264 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #388 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #304 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #98 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #195 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #227 of 300 |
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
391
-107 (-21%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 391 | 22.9 | 17.1:1 | 99% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 24.1 | 16.7:1 | 77% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 23.6 | 18.3:1 | 76% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 55% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 26.3 | 15.9:1 | 67% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 67% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 50% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 32% (190) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butner-Stem Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (420 to 391); teachers down 13% (26.3 to 22.9).
About Butner-Stem Middle
Butner-Stem Middle is a small middle-grades school located in Butner, North Carolina. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 391 students. By comparison, middle schools in North Carolina enroll about 605 students on average.
Granville County Schools enrolls 6,402 students in 16 schools, including Butner-Stem Middle.
About 43% of students at Butner-Stem Middle are Hispanic, the largest single group. The school is also 29% White, 21% Black, and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 11%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
Butner-Stem Middle has 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. Across middle schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 15.9:1. The school has 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Granville County average a similar 98%.
On the allk12 Grade, Butner-Stem Middle lands at C+, ahead of 35% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 48.5%. Butner-Stem Middle scores 43.9%.
In Granville County, home to about 60,877 people, the median household earns about $71,111 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Butner-Stem Middle shares Granville County with 19 other public schools.
The closest school to Butner-Stem Middle is Butner-Stem Elementary, located about 0.4 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Butner-Stem Middle's average proficiency of 43.9% compares with 43.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around Butner-Stem Middle as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 107 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Granville County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,877
Census ACS
Median income
$71,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,376 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Granville County Schools
- South Granville HighHigh · 706 students
- Granville Central HighHigh · 531 students
- West Oxford ElementaryElementary · 520 students
- Mount Energy ElementaryElementary · 515 students
- J. F. Webb HighHigh · 512 students
- Northern Granville MiddleMiddle · 495 students
Nearby schools
- Butner-Stem Elementary0.4 mi · 476
- Granville Early College High1.9 mi · 207
- Falls Lake Academy2.2 mi · 1,105
- G. C. Hawley Middle4.4 mi · 442
- South Granville High4.6 mi · 706
- The School for Creative Studies6.1 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About Butner-Stem MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Butner-Stem Middle?
Butner-Stem Middle enrolls approximately 391 students in grades 06-08.
Is Butner-Stem Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Butner-Stem Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Butner-Stem Middle have?
Butner-Stem Middle employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Butner-Stem Middle?
Student demographics at Butner-Stem Middle are roughly 29% White, 43% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Butner-Stem Middle?
Butner-Stem Middle is overseen by Granville County Schools in Granville County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.