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Enrollment
913
Middle
DISTRICT 916 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANYONS DISTRICT·NCES 490014200293
Butler Middle
7530 S 2700 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84121 · (801) 826-6800 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL913 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Utah public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Utah public middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
153 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 33%
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 | 305 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 291 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 317 | 35% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 47% · 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
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.7%
UT avg 41.4% . -14.3pp since 2023
Math
54.8%
UT avg 41.8% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.7% | 54.8% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 58.3% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. 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
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Utah 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 Utah'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 Middle
Butler Middle's state test result (63.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Middle this school | 913 | 16.8% | 63.6% |
| Indian Hills Middle SANDY | 1,072 | 14.9% | 56.9% |
| South Jordan Middle SOUTH JORDAN | 1,182 | 12.1% | 52.7% |
| Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High TOOELE | 840 | 18.6% | 43.3% |
| Mountain Creek Middle School South Jordan | 1,313 | 14.1% | 53.2% |
| South Davis Jr High BOUNTIFUL | 953 | 22.4% | 34.5% |
Matched among Utah 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 Butler Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #4 of 136 | #3 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #32 of 140 ▼ 14 | #9 of 44 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #22 of 140 ▼ 20 | #10 of 44 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 913 | #65 of 144 | #19 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #77 of 137 | #25 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.5% | #54 of 137 | #30 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.8% | #108 of 141 | #33 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #45 of 46 | #15 of 16 |
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
913
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 925
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 | 913 | 40.1 | 22.8:1 | 17% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 904 | 39.6 | 22.8:1 | 21% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 895 | 41.1 | 21.8:1 | 19% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 914 | N/A | N/A | 20% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 911 | N/A | N/A | 27% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 924 | N/A | N/A | 25% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 925 | 37 | 25.0:1 | 22% (205) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butler Middle.
About Butler Middle
Butler Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Utah, with an address in Salt Lake City. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 913 students.
Butler Middle is part of a district of 47 schools: Canyons District, with 32,688 students.
White students are 72% of those enrolled at Butler Middle. Other reported shares: 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is in line with Salt Lake County, where about 70% of residents are White. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at Butler Middle are from different groups.
Butler Middle has 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.8:1. Across middle schools in Utah, the average ratio is 21.7:1. The school has 17% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 17 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Butler Middle lands at A+, ahead of 95% of Utah public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.6% for Butler Middle. The school posts 63.6%, 12.0 points above the prediction.
The school's county is Salt Lake County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $97,494 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Butler Middle shares Salt Lake County with 324 other public schools.
About 0.4 miles separate Butler Middle from the closest public school, Brighton High. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Butler Middle places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around Butler Middle as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Butler Middle had 914 students in 2020-21 and 913 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Canyons District
- Corner Canyon HighHigh · 2,437 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Hillcrest HighHigh · 2,421 students
- Alta HighHigh · 2,278 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Draper Park MiddleMiddle · 1,411 students
Other schools in Salt Lake City
- West HighHigh · 2,503 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
- Olympus HighHigh · 2,151 students
- Highland HighHigh · 1,973 students
- East HighHigh · 1,764 students
Other Butler Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Butler Middle. Butler Middle is the largest of the 3.
- Butler MiddleWaukesha, WI · 786 students
- Butler Middle SchoolArcanum, OH · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Brighton High0.4 mi · 2,435
- Butler School0.6 mi · 600
- Canyon View School0.7 mi · 471
- Bella Vista School1.0 mi · 219
- Ridgecrest School1.2 mi · 491
- Oakdale School1.2 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Butler MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Butler Middle?
Butler Middle enrolls approximately 913 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Butler Middle serve?
Butler Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Butler Middle?
Approximately 22.8:1 students per teacher at Butler Middle.
How diverse is Butler Middle?
Butler Middle reports a student body of 72% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Butler Middle?
Butler Middle is overseen by Canyons District in Salt Lake County.
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