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Butler Area School District

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Butler Area School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Butler Area School District has 143.69 square miles of land area and 0.55 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Butler Area School District population is 54,465. Butler Area School District median household income is $48,793 in 2010-2014. Butler Area School District median house value is $142,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Butler Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (81 out of 496, top 16%) Elementary/Middle School: (226 out of 498, top 45%)* Rank: #148
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	14
Population	54,465 (2010-2014), rank #34
Population Growth	-2.00% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	377.59/sq mi, rank #223
Median Household Income:	$48,793 at 2010-2014—6.04% increase since 2005-2009, rank #293
Median House Price:	$142,900 at 2010-2014—16.18% increase since 2005-2009, rank #242
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	143.69 sq mi, rank #91
Water Area:	0.55 sq mi (0.38%), rank #236
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Butler County
City:	Butler, Chicora, West Sunbury, East Butler, Prospect, Evans City, Renfrew, Connoquenessing, Cabot, Fenelton, Unionville, Shanor-Northvue, Oak Hills, Meridian, Meadowood, Homeacre-Lyndora
Zip:	16002, 16001, 16025, 16061, 16029, 16052, 16033, 16053, 16027, 16023, 16034, 16045
Area:	Pittsburgh, PA

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Butler Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

110 Campus Ln

Butler PA, 16001, Butler County

Phone: 724-287-8721

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	7,251	7,415	7,473	7,630	7,839	7,801	7,994
English Language Learner Students:	28	30	22	21	16	21	21
Total Teachers:	502.60	509.50	508.20	530.20	534.70	537.60	538.10
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	13.50	12.00	14.00	16.00	17.00	16.50	16.50
Elementary:	229.60	237.50	243.57	250.57	250.10	255.20	257.30
Secondary:	211.93	213.43	205.06	217.13	221.10	221.60	220.30
Ungraded:	47.57	46.57	45.57	46.50	46.50	44.30	44.00
Total Other Staff:	386.10	427.10	424.10	452.10	391.60	386.10	376.60
Instructional Aides:	107.00	102.00	102.00	124.00	90.50	87.00	89.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	12.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	15.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	8.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	11.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	6.60	8.60	8.60	8.60	8.60	8.60	8.60
Library/Media Support:	7.00	6.00	6.00	9.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
District Administrators:	6.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	7.00	9.00
District Administrative Support:	23.00	24.00	24.00	26.00	30.50	31.00	24.00
School Administrators:	17.00	17.00	18.00	21.00	27.00	25.00	20.00
School Administrative Support:	47.00	44.00	44.00	35.00	32.50	32.50	28.50
Student Support Services:	NA	21.00	17.00	17.00	18.00	18.00	18.00
Other Support Services:	160.00	179.00	179.00	186.00	151.00	151.50	154.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.43	14.55	14.70	14.39	14.66	14.51	14.86

Schools

Broad St School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	200 Broad St, Butler PA 16001
Butler Area Ihs	Grade 9 to Grade 10	551 Fairground Hill Rd, Butler PA 16001
Butler Area Jhs	Grade 7 to Grade 8	225 East North St, Butler PA 16001
Butler Area Shs	Grade 11 to Grade 12	120 Campus Ln, Butler PA 16001
Center Avenue School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	102 Center Ave, Butler PA 16001
Center Twp School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	950 Mercer Rd, Butler PA 16001
Clearfield Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	719 Clearfield Rd, Fenelton PA 16034
Connoquenessing Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	102 Connoquenessing Sch Rd, Renfrew PA 16053
Emily Brittain Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	338 North Washington St, Butler PA 16001
Mcquistion Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	210 Mechling Dr, Butler PA 16001
Meridian School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	135 Sparks Ave, Butler PA 16001
Northwest School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	124 Staley Ave, Butler PA 16001
Oakland Twp School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	545 Chicora Rd, Butler PA 16001
Summit Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	351 Brinker Rd, Butler PA 16002

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.7%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.8%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.6%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.8%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.6%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	74.3%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.4%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.3%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.4%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.4%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.7%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.9%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.2%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	39.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.7%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.3%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	72.9%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.5%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.8%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.7%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.4%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.1%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93.5%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.5%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.4%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.8%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.4%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.3%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.5%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.5%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.1%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.6%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.2%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.9%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.9%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.1%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.6%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.5%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.1%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.3%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.7%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.8%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.3%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.6%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.8%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.2%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.1%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.2%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.5%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.2%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.3%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.2%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.6%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.8%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.8%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.1%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.8%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.3%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.9%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.8%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.3%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.1%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.2%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.3%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$90,845,000	$12,156		$92,664,000	$12,145		$88,715,000	$11,317
Federal:	$4,977,000	$666	5.5%	$11,183,000	$1,466	12.1%	$8,515,000	$1,086	9.6%
State:	$40,524,000	$5,423	44.6%	$38,094,000	$4,993	41.1%	$38,501,000	$4,911	43.4%
Local:	$45,344,000	$6,068	49.9%	$43,387,000	$5,686	46.8%	$41,699,000	$5,319	47.0%
Total Expenditures:	$87,934,000	$11,767		$90,056,000	$11,803		$87,547,000	$11,168
Total Current Expenditures:	$77,665,000	$10,393		$80,081,000	$10,496		$76,830,000	$9,801
Instructional Expenditures:	$49,211,000	$6,585	63.4%	$51,201,000	$6,710	63.9%	$48,571,000	$6,196	63.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,868,000	$651	6.3%	$4,972,000	$652	6.2%	$4,964,000	$633	6.5%
Administration:	$6,418,000	$859	8.3%	$6,672,000	$874	8.3%	$6,478,000	$826	8.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$17,168,000	$2,297	22.1%	$17,236,000	$2,259	21.5%	$16,817,000	$2,145	21.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,007,000	$135		$836,000	$110		$1,428,000	$182
Construction:	$758,000	$101		$420,000	$55		$967,000	$123
Total Other:	$58,000	$8		$78,000	$10		$78,000	$10
Interest on Debt:	$4,474,000	$599		$4,572,000	$599		$4,702,000	$600

Total Salary:	$43,322,000	$5,797		$45,404,000	$5,951		$44,561,000	$5,685
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$31,953,000	$4,276	73.8%	$33,347,000	$4,371	73.4%	$32,762,000	$4,179	73.5%
Other Salary:	$11,369,000	$1,521	26.2%	$12,057,000	$1,580	26.6%	$11,799,000	$1,505	26.5%
Total Benefit:	$18,711,000	$2,504		$18,243,000	$2,391		$17,338,000	$2,212
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$13,725,000	$1,837	73.4%	$13,371,000	$1,752	73.3%	$12,674,000	$1,617	73.1%
Other Benefit:	$4,986,000	$667	26.6%	$4,872,000	$639	26.7%	$4,664,000	$595	26.9%

* Butler Area School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.