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Enrollment
856
High
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VANDALIA-BUTLER CITY·NCES 390449501875
Butler High School
600 S Dixie Dr, Vandalia, OH 45377 · (937) 415-6300 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL856 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
335 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 43%
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 | 219 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 266 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 170 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 201 | 23% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54% · 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 Vandalia-Butler City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
68.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.5pp since 2021
Math
44.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +4.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.5% | 34.5% |
| 2022-23 | 78.4% | 43.5% |
| 2021-22 | 72.5% | 39.8% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
68.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 (68.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler High School this school | 856 | 39.1% | 68.5% |
| Global Impact STEM Academy Springfield | 697 | 39.2% | 57.6% |
| Theodore Roosevelt High School Kent | 1,325 | 37.7% | 70.7% |
| Miamisburg High School Miamisburg | 1,437 | 42.8% | 65.7% |
| Batavia High School Batavia | 679 | 37.7% | 66.3% |
| London High School London | 635 | 38.6% | 66.1% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Ohio | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #244 of 403 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #457 of 776 ▲ 60 | #10 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #348 of 774 ▼ 197 | #9 of 28 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #204 of 742 | #10 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 856 | #184 of 888 | #9 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #503 of 739 | #13 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #207 of 749 | #12 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.1% | #252 of 435 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #338 of 484 | #9 of 14 |
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
856
+28 (+3%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 1,114
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 856 | 47 | 18.2:1 | 39% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 903 | 48 | 18.8:1 | 39% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 860 | 40.6 | 21.2:1 | 26% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 828 | 48 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 930 | 48.2 | 19.3:1 | 24% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 971 | 48 | 20.2:1 | 25% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 1,030 | 64 | 16.1:1 | 21% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 1,158 | 63 | 18.4:1 | 3% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 1,114 | 61 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butler High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (930 to 856); teachers down 2% (48.2 to 47).
About Butler High School
Federal records list Butler High School as a high school in Vandalia, Ohio. It teaches 856 students in grades 9 through 12. It has 52% more students than the average for high schools in Ohio (about 565).
Butler High School is part of a district of 6 schools: Vandalia-Butler City, with 3,018 students.
About 74% of the student body at Butler High School is White. Enrollment also includes 11% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 18.2 students per teacher. The average for high schools in Ohio is about 17.7:1. The school reported 39% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Butler High School falls in the middle 80% of Ohio schools: 68.5% actual against 74.0% predicted.
In Montgomery County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $66,139 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Montgomery County number 160, with about 74,487 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Butler High School from the closest public school, Vandalia-Butler Preschool. The five-mile area around Butler High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Butler High School's average proficiency of 68.5% compares with 59.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Butler High School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 3%.
Butler High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
536,096
Census ACS
Median income
$66,139
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
74,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vandalia-Butler City
- Morton Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Smith Intermediate SchoolElementary · 642 students
- Demmitt Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Helke Early Learning CenterElementary · 310 students
- Vandalia-Butler PreschoolElementary · 138 students
- Vandalia-Butler Online Learning SchoolCombined
Other schools in Vandalia
- Morton Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Demmitt Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Helke Early Learning CenterElementary · 310 students
- Vandalia-Butler PreschoolElementary · 138 students
Other Butler High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Butler High. Butler High School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Butler High SchoolMatthews, NC · 1,791 students
- Butler High SchoolAugusta, GA · 878 students
- Butler High SchoolBUTLER, NJ · 482 students
- BUTLER HIGHBUTLER, MO · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Vandalia-Butler Preschool0.2 mi · 138
- Helke Early Learning Center0.9 mi · 310
- Demmitt Elementary School1.2 mi · 373
- Smith Intermediate School1.8 mi · 642
- Morton Middle School1.8 mi · 699
- Northridge Elementary School3.6 mi · 796
Frequently asked questions
About Butler High SchoolHow large is Butler High School?
Butler High School enrolls approximately 856 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 74% White, 5% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Butler High School public or private?
Butler High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vandalia-Butler City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.