While the enrollment is smaller these days than it was in the 1950s, there were more students enrolled in the fall of 1989 than in the previous year. Butte High offers a full course of study including a foreign language and classes in computer science. The first school opened its doors in 1891 with 15 students. The present school was built in 1911 with the addition of a new gym in 1966. In 1957 two upstairs rooms were remodeled to provide a home economics department.
Many outstanding alumnae come back for reunions that are held near Memorial Day.
The John Davies family donated their building to Butte in memory of their father in 1961 to be used as a public library. It is managed by a five-member board and is supported by the Butte Study Club and the Friends of the Library. Two regional newspapers also have correspondents down town. With the assistance of local nurses, medical needs of the community are met by a doctor from the Gregory Professional Association at the Butte Clinic on Mondays, and by one from the Niobrara Valley Hospital of Lynch on Wednesdays and Fridays. The Butte Nursing Home houses 62 residents with a staff of 59.