Butler Public Schools

Butler Public Schools
Superintendent: Mario Cardinale
Business Administrator: Debra Naley-Minenna
Address: H.S. Annex Building
Butler, NJ 07405
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 3
Enrollment: 1,220 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 92.0
Student–teacher ratio: 13.3
District Factor Group: DE
Web site: http://www.butlerboe.org/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
Average
 %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $13,807 36 $13,632 1.3%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,413 25 8,035 -7.7%
6 Support Services 2,449 39 2,166 13.1%
8 Administrative Cost 1,753 42 1,379 27.1%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,734 36 1,674 3.6%
13 Extracurricular Activities 458 29 258 77.5%
16 Median Teacher Salary 56,815 31 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 0-1800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=45

The Butler Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through 12th grade from Butler, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,220 students and 92.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.3.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[3]

Contents

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:

Elementary School
Middle School
High School

Students from Bloomingdale attend Butler High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Bloomingdale School District.[5]

The Academy for Law and Public Safety is a full time, four-year high school program located at Butler High School. The Academy focuses on Law, Government and Public Affairs with concentrations in Law, Criminal Justice, Technology, Humanities and Law Enforcement. The Academy was founded in September 2000, as a collaborative effort of the Morris County Vocational School District, the Butler Public Schools and the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders.[6]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[7]

References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Butler School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2009.
  4. ^ Butler Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 24, 2009.
  5. ^ BHS District Profile, Butler High School. Accessed January 30, 2008. "Butler High School is a public high school servicing the students of the Borough of Butler and the Borough of Bloomingdale."
  6. ^ Academy for Law and Public Safety, accessed July 31, 2006
  7. ^ Morris County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.

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