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Enrollment
786
Middle
DISTRICT 622 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUKESHA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551578002008
Butler Middle
310 N Hine Ave, Waukesha, WI 53188 · (262) 970-2905 · Waukesha County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL786 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 Wisconsin public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
315 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 42%
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 | 232 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 268 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 286 | 36% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
55.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.1% | 55.5% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 56.2% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 (54.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Middle this school | 786 | 40.1% | 54.8% |
| Les Paul Middle Waukesha | 547 | 36.0% | 60.8% |
| Mahone Middle Kenosha | 1,025 | 37.4% | 51.2% |
| Riverside Middle Watertown | 616 | 44.5% | 47.1% |
| Lance Middle Kenosha | 899 | 45.9% | 49.0% |
| Lake Geneva Middle Lake Geneva | 551 | 37.2% | 64.2% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #188 of 323 | #16 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #191 of 327 ▼ 8 | #16 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #156 of 327 ▼ 7 | #16 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 786 | #34 of 389 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #202 of 265 | #8 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #55 of 265 | #2 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #137 of 323 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #97 of 176 | #6 of 13 |
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
786
-64 (-8%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 959
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 786 | 55.5 | 14.2:1 | 40% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 803 | 61.3 | 13.1:1 | 40% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 811 | 57.6 | 14.1:1 | 39% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 850 | 64 | 13.3:1 | 41% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 883 | 66.9 | 13.2:1 | 30% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 916 | 65 | 14.1:1 | 35% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 976 | 65 | 15.0:1 | 31% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | 50 | 13.3:1 | 13% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 959 | 66 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butler Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (883 to 786); teachers down 17% (66.9 to 55.5).
About Butler Middle
Butler Middle is a large middle school in Waukesha, Wisconsin, administered by Waukesha School District. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 786 students enrolled. That is 106% bigger than the average of about 381 students for middle schools in Wisconsin.
Waukesha School District enrolls 10,922 students in 27 schools, including Butler Middle.
The largest group at Butler Middle is White students, at 59%. Enrollment also includes 29% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Waukesha County, the White share is about 87%. The diversity index for Butler Middle is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Butler Middle has 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 1.4 students per teacher. At Butler Middle, 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 23 points above the 17% average for public schools in Waukesha County.
Among Wisconsin public middle schools, Butler Middle outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 53.1% at Butler Middle; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.8%.
The school's county is Waukesha County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $106,076 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Public schools in Waukesha County number 113, with about 60,032 students.
Butler Middle is about 0.4 miles from eAchieve Academy - Wisconsin, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 54.8% is above the 49.2% average for nearby schools.
Butler Middle falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 8%.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Butler Middle. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Waukesha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
411,762
Census ACS
Median income
$106,076
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
60,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waukesha School District
- West HighHigh · 1,167 students
- North HighHigh · 911 students
- South HighHigh · 833 students
- eAchieve Academy - WisconsinHigh · 639 students
- Waukesha STEM AcademyElementary · 580 students
- Les Paul MiddleMiddle · 547 students
Other schools in Waukesha
- West HighHigh · 1,167 students
- North HighHigh · 911 students
- South HighHigh · 833 students
- eAchieve Academy - WisconsinHigh · 639 students
- Waukesha STEM AcademyElementary · 580 students
- Les Paul MiddleMiddle · 547 students
Other Butler Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Butler Middle. Butler Middle is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Butler MiddleSalt Lake City, UT · 913 students
- Butler Middle SchoolArcanum, OH · 321 students
Nearby schools
- eAchieve Academy - Wisconsin0.4 mi · 639
- eAchieve Elementary0.4 mi · 111
- Lowell Elementary0.6 mi · 347
- Hawthorne Elementary0.7 mi · 321
- North High0.8 mi · 911
- Summit View Elementary0.9 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About Butler MiddleHow large is Butler Middle?
Butler Middle enrolls approximately 786 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Butler Middle serve?
Butler Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Butler Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Butler Middle is approximately 14.2:1 (55 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Butler Middle?
Butler Middle reports a student body of 59% White, 29% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Butler Middle?
Butler Middle is overseen by Waukesha School District in Waukesha County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.