Butler County

Butler County has five schools—two elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools—with four schools reporting test scores and a 13-student learning center. Because schools serve different grades and the learning center’s test scores are suppressed, overall averages are useful context rather than a strict school ranking. Across the 36 reported results in 2025–2026, scores averaged 38%, compared with 43% for the corresponding state results; the shortfall was 4 points, about 1 point wider than the previous year. The main area-wide concern is that reported results average below the state benchmark.

Morgantown Elementary School stands out slightly among the elementary schools: its average across the same ten tests was 41%, versus 39% at North Butler Elementary. Morgantown led in six of ten subject-and-grade comparisons, including fourth-grade science (50% versus 35%) and fifth-grade math (43% versus 32%); North Butler’s clearest advantage was fourth-grade reading (57% versus 47%). Both were above the state in fifth-grade editing and mechanics, but well below it in fifth-grade writing. Butler County Middle School was above the state in eighth-grade reading, writing and math, while its eighth-grade social studies result—28%—was 11 points below. Butler County High School had the lowest reported school average, 30% against a matched state average of 39%; its 11th-grade science result was 8%, 15 points below the state.

The elementary schools’ recent paths differ: Morgantown’s matched-score average fell 5 points from the prior year, while North Butler’s rose 5 points. SchoolDigger’s reported percentile ranking also moved differently: Morgantown went from 41 to 43 between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, while North Butler went from 50 to 38; Butler County High went from 34 to 24, and the middle school from 44 to 40. As context, Morgantown had 63% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025 and a 17.9 student-teacher ratio; North Butler had 58% eligible and a 16.9 ratio. The Butler County Learning Center is a notable attendance concern: chronic absenteeism was 65% in 2025–2026, compared with 24% statewide, but its suppressed test results cannot be compared.