Summary:
ZIP code 42261 has five schools in Butler County: two elementary schools serving PK–5, one middle school, and two high schools. Across the reportable 2025–26 results, schools averaged 38% proficiency, compared with 43% for matching state results; 25 of 36 school results were below the state. The widest average subject gaps were in social studies, at 30% versus 38%, and writing, at 34% versus 41%. The clearest area-wide finding is that proficiency was below the state overall, with the largest shortfalls in social studies and writing.
The elementary schools lead in different subjects: Morgantown Elementary School scored higher in fourth-grade math (50% versus 45%), fifth-grade math (43% versus 32%) and fourth-grade science (50% versus 35%); North Butler Elementary led in fourth-grade reading (57% versus 47%) and fifth-grade reading (52% versus 48%). Butler County Middle School exceeded state results in eighth-grade math, reading and writing by 2, 5 and 5 points, but was 11 points below in social studies. Butler County High School was below the state in all six reported subjects, including by 18 points in social studies and 15 in science. The Butler County Learning Center had 65% chronic absenteeism versus 24% statewide; its test percentages are suppressed and cannot be compared.
Recent changes favor North Butler: its matched results improved by an average of 5 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while Morgantown fell by 5 points, the middle school by 3 and the high school by 2. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 rankings place Morgantown highest among ranked schools at the 43rd percentile and Butler County High lowest at the 24th; since 2023–24, Morgantown rose 2 percentile points while North Butler fell 12. As context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 63% at Morgantown and 58% at North Butler, and their student-teacher ratios were 17.9 and 16.9, respectively. These figures describe the schools but do not explain their differing subject results.
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