High school (grades 9-12) · Butler, PA

Butler County Avts

Federal NCES profile for Butler County Avts, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 45/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 428052007097
0/100100/10045/100
👥 S:T ratio
95
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Butler County Avts earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 99% of Pennsylvania schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Pennsylvania.

#1 of 9
public schools in Butler · Resource Index
45
Resource Index · Typical
1.3:1
small classes for Pennsylvania
26
students enrolled

Butler County Avts has class sizes smaller than 99% of Pennsylvania schools. Computed live against every Pennsylvania school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Butler County Avts ranks #1 of 9 public schools in Butler, PA.

School address

Enrollment

26

Pennsylvania · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

20.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

1.3:1

vs 13.6:1 Pennsylvania avg

-90% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Butler County Avts compares with Pennsylvania and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:11.3:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Butler County Avts

Butler County Avts is a small high school in Butler, Pennsylvania, enrolling 26 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 1.3:1, Butler County Avts is leaner than roughly 99% of Pennsylvania schools and 90% under the state's 13.6:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 98% of Pennsylvania schools, with 26 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 100% of the 2,889 Pennsylvania schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Its student body is predominantly White (96% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 7/100).

Among Butler's high schools, it stands alongside Butler Area Shs (1,956 students): Butler County Avts is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs leaner classes (1.3:1 vs 17.8:1).

Butler County Avts operates only this one school, so Butler County Avts has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 26 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Pennsylvania's single-school districts.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Butler County Avts compares

Butler County Avts on the metrics families compare, against Pennsylvania and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Pennsylvania Pennsylvania avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 1.3:1 ▼ 90% 13.6:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 26 top 98% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

1.3:1
Leaner classes than 100% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
26
Bigger than 3% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
1.3:1
students per teacher - 90% below state mean
Top 1% in Pennsylvania - lower ratio than 100% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 96.2%
Two or More 3.8%

Largest group: White at 96.2% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 7.3/100

Simpson diversity index - at 7.3, Butler County Avts is less mixed than the Pennsylvania school average of 37.3.

Similar high schools in Butler

1 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Pennsylvania, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Butler County Avts's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Butler County Avts

How many students attend Butler County Avts?

Butler County Avts has 26 students enrolled. It is a high school in Butler, PA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Butler County Avts?

The student-teacher ratio at Butler County Avts is 1.3:1, which is 90% lower than the Pennsylvania average of 13.6:1 and 92% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Butler County Avts?

The largest demographic group at Butler County Avts is White at 96.2% of enrollment, in Butler, PA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Butler County Avts?

Butler County Avts has a Resource Investment Index of 45/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Butler County Avts rank among public schools in Butler?

By Resource Investment Index, Butler County Avts ranks #1 of 9 public schools in Butler, PA. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all public schools in Butler on the city page.

Is Butler County Avts a good school?

Butler County Avts earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 99% of Pennsylvania schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Pennsylvania. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Butler County Avts?

None reported; Butler County Avts operates only Butler County Avts as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.