Butterfield Junior High School

310 North 11th Street

School District

Van Buren
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:13
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on July 12, 2024

I wish I could say my child had a better experience than she did but unfortunately that wasn’t the case, I feel the good teachers are very few and far between, my daughter was jumped by another student/group of girls more than once, her only defense was to run or a teacher help the situation or she would be in trouble and she was worried about her record and didn’t want to get in trouble so she unfortunately just tried to get away the best she could. I feel the learning for the most part would be considered lazy and they did everything on their own watching videos or going through steps alone on their computers. I have never left a review on any school in the past but I feel better steps should be taken by the school district to ensure the safety of students and the teachers are better trained to handle the type of situations that go on at Butterfield. Overall I would not recommend this school, we taught my daughter how to handle these situations but it wasn’t easy and sadly we had many sleepless nights over this school. Thankfully school choice is an option in Arkansas and I would highly recommend looking at other schools in the area!
Submitted by other on July 12, 2024

As a student who attended this school from 6th grade through 8th grade it. was. awful. I was new to the school district and the staff treated me with disrespect not acknowledging my well being. While attending Butterfield Trial Middle School I have seen lots of violence and threats between students. As a straight A student the learning environment was difficult as I felt not much effort was given from the teachers to help me succeed.