Academics
Butler operates on a 7 period schedule with students attending seven classes a day from August through May.
Butler is currently on the list of schools in Alabama who failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) goals through the No Child Left Behind Act with little over half of their seniors graduating... like most other high schools in the country due to increasing dropout rates and transferes. Butler missed the required AYP goal by one point. Attendance has improved, but one of Butlers main problems is students individual classroom attendance(2005–2006). In recent years Butler has shown improvement in testing and attendance. The school year of 2009–2010 is expected have met the AYP by both attendance and graduation.
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