Best Public Schools in Butner, NC

Summary:

The city of Butner, North Carolina is home to two schools: Butner-Stem Elementary and Butner-Stem Middle, both serving students from the Granville County Schools district. While the schools face some challenges, they also demonstrate pockets of academic success that could be built upon.

Butner-Stem Elementary stands out for its relatively high proficiency rates in 5th-grade math (73.6%) and science (68.1%), outperforming district and state averages. The school has also seen significant improvement in 3rd-grade math proficiency, from 52.9% in 2023-2024 to 31.6% in 2024-2025. However, both Butner-Stem Elementary and Butner-Stem Middle have a high percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients, indicating a high-need student population.

Butner-Stem Middle also demonstrates some strengths, with relatively strong 8th-grade reading proficiency at 60.3%, outperforming the district and state. The school has also maintained consistent 6th-grade math proficiency around 42%, slightly below the district but above the state average. Both schools, however, have a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance compared to other schools in North Carolina.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)						EOG Reading (2025)						EOG Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Butner-Stem Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	201 East D St	Butner	27509	Granville County	Granville County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 575-6947	476	31	15.3	99.4%	93 (19.5%)	108 (22.7%)	248 (52.1%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.8%)	46	816^th of 1490 public elementary schools	45.2%		45.6	825^th of 1505 public elementary schools	45.2%	9	31.6	56.1	73.6				22.4	58.5	55.6				68.1		$9,817	$738	$9,079
Butner-Stem Middle	Public	6-8	501 East D St	Butner	27509	Granville County	Granville County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 575-9429	391	23	17.0	99.2%	114 (29.2%)	83 (21.2%)	168 (43.0%)	5 (1.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.9%)	32.5	525^th of 773 public middle schools	32.1%		30.6	560^th of 793 public middle schools	29.4%	35				42.0	38.5	36.2				39.5	35.9	60.3		51.1	$9,853	$996	$8,857

Cities Near Butner

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Creedmoor	2.1 mi	5	165^th
Durham	5.86 mi	73	322^nd
Stem	6.52 mi	2	436^th
Bahama	6.99 mi	2	73^rd
Franklinton	9.86 mi	5	316^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.