Butler High School
Public high school in Butler, Missouri · Butler R-V School District · Grades 6–12
Butler High School serves 476 students in grades 6–12 in Butler (Bates County). It is one of 3 schools in Butler R-V School District. By enrollment it is the 177th largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 12 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Missouri high school (12.2).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 558 Missouri high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 39.82 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | Butler R-V School District |
| County | Bates County |
| Area type | Rural, remote |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 290636000158 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Butler R-V | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 476 | 971 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 12 | 12.1 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 44.1% | 48.9% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 47% of Missouri high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Butler High School in context
Size
Butler High School is the only high school in Butler R-V School District. Its 476 students are 49% of the district's 971. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 14.6 miles away and have a median of 125 students, so Butler High School is larger than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 6 with 78 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 47, against an average of 68 per grade. This year grade 12 has 10% fewer students than grade 6 (70 against 78). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
White students are the largest group, at 87.6% of enrollment, about the same share as across Butler R-V (89.9%). Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
44.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 48.9% across Butler R-V and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 12.6% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Butler High School has 39.82 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 476 students would have about 39 teachers, so Butler High School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
NCES classifies its location as rural, remote, which means it is in rural territory more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and more than 10 miles from a town. The nearest other high school is Adrian Senior High School, 10.2 miles away in Adrian R-III School District. No other high school is within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 87.6% |
| Hispanic | 7.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.8% |
| Black | 1.3% |
46% of students are girls and 54% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 78 |
| Grade 7 | 47 |
| Grade 8 | 75 |
| Grade 9 | 69 |
| Grade 10 | 64 |
| Grade 11 | 73 |
| Grade 12 | 70 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
420 S Fulton St, Butler, MO 64730
Phone: (660)679-6121
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Butler High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Senior High School | Adrian R-III | 10.2 mi | 375 | 13 | 20.5% |
| Rich Hill High School | Rich Hill R-IV | 10.4 mi | 190 | 11.5 | 48.4% |
| Miami High School | Miami R-I | 12.0 mi | 80 | 8.2 | 33.8% |
| Ballard High School | Ballard R-II | 13.1 mi | 59 | 6.5 | 49.2% |
| Archie High School | Archie R-V | 16.1 mi | 278 | 10.9 | 35.6% |
| Appleton City High School | Appleton City R-II | 17.0 mi | 170 | 8.8 | 41.2% |
| Hume High School | Hume R-VIII | 17.3 mi | 51 | 5.9 | 56.9% |
| Montrose High School | Montrose R-XIV | 19.5 mi | 45 | 6.3 | 44.4% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Butler R-V
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Early Childhood | Pre-K | Pre-K | 85 |
| Butler Elementary School | Elementary | K–5 | 410 |