Butler Public Schools

Butler Public Schools
Address
38 Bartholdi Avenue
Butler
, Morris County, New Jersey, 07405
Coordinates40°59′50″N 74°20′26″W / 40.997173°N 74.340576°W / 40.997173; -74.340576
District information
GradesK-12
SuperintendentDaniel Johnson
Business administratorPamela Vargas
Schools3
Students and staff
Enrollment1,156 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Faculty109.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,156 students and 109.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1.[1]

Students from Bloomingdale attend Butler High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Bloomingdale School District.[4] In the 2021-22 school year, more than 40% of high school students were from Bloomingdale.[5]

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.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Butler Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Butler Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Butler Public Schools. Accessed January 4, 2023. "Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through twelve in the Butler School District. Composition: The Butler School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Butler."
  4. ^ Butler Public School District 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived September 14, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 12, 2017. "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."
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference ACFR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 3, 2015.