Butler Public Schools

Butler Public Schools
38 Bartholdi Avenue
Butler, NJ 07405
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Mario D. Cardinale
Business administrator Barbara Murphy
Schools 3
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,130 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 99.3 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 11.38:1
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website http://www.butlerboe.org/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$20,15237$18,8916.7%
1Budgetary Cost16,1384114,7839.2%
2Classroom Instruction8,661328,763-1.2%
6Support Services3,031432,39226.7%
8Administrative Cost1,924421,48529.6%
10Operations & Maintenance2,015401,78313.0%
13Extracurricular Activities5053326888.4%
16Median Teacher Salary65,2603964,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

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

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's three schools had an enrollment of 1,130 students and 99.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.38:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-highest of eight groups. 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]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5]

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.[10]

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.[11]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[7][12]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Butler School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ School Data for the Butler Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 31, 2014.
  5. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Butler Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 31, 2014.
  6. ↑ Aaron Decker School, Butler Public Schools. Accessed July 31, 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Leadership, Butler Public Schools, as of July 13, 2013. Accessed July 31, 2014.
  8. ↑ Richard Butler School, Butler Public Schools. Accessed July 31, 2014.
  9. ↑ Butler High School, Butler Public Schools. Accessed July 31, 2014.
  10. ↑ Butler Public Schools 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015. "The district also engages in several Shared Service agreements with the Bloomingdale school district, beyond the send-receive high school experience, including sharing of school Library oversight, Special Education and sharing the services of the Student Assistance Counselor. "
  11. ↑ Academy for Law & Public Safety, Morris County Vocational School District. Accessed July 31, 2014. "The Academy for Law and Public Safety, located at Butler High School, is a highly focused full-time four year high school program for students entering the 9th grade."
  12. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 31, 2014.

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