Butler Middle

Set in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Butler Middle is a roomy middle-grades school, operated by Waukesha School District. It enrolls 786 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 106% bigger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 27 schools in Waukesha School District (10,922 students total), Butler Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Butler Middle records that White students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Waukesha County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Butler Middle has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Waukesha County's rate of about 17%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Butler Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.1%, the actual is 54.8%, a residual of +1.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Waukesha County indicate median household earnings sit near $106,076, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Waukesha County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), of which Butler Middle is one.

The closest other public school is eAchieve Academy - Wisconsin, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Butler Middle. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Butler Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 49.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Butler Middle's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 883 (now 786). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 24% to 29% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Butler Middle typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.