Butler High School (Pennsylvania)
| Butler Area Senior High School | |
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120 Campus Lane Butler, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°51′51″N 79°55′02″W / 40.8641°N 79.9171°WCoordinates: 40°51′51″N 79°55′02″W / 40.8641°N 79.9171°W |
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| School type | Public, High school |
| Opened | 1917-1960 (original building) 1960-present (current building) |
| School district | Butler Area School District |
| NCES District ID | 4204590 |
| CEEB code | 390500 |
| NCES School ID | 420459001147 |
| Principal | Mr. Jeffery Schnur |
| Faculty | 78.20 (on an FTE basis) |
| Grades | 10th - 12th |
| Enrollment | 1330 (2011-2012) |
| • Grade 11 | 620 |
| • Grade 12 | 637 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.01 |
| Campus type | Open |
| Color(s) | Gold and White |
| Athletics | Baseball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Hockey, Lacrosse, Rifle, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, and marching band |
| Athletics conference | Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (W.P.I.A.L.) |
| Mascot | Tuffy the Tornado |
| Website | www |
Butler Senior High School is located in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA and is part of the Butler Area School District. The school educates in grades 10-12 and is fed from Butler Intermediate High School.
The senior high school opened in 1917 in a three-story building located on East North street. The building connected beside it was the Junior and Intermediate High Schools.That building was closed as the senior high and became the Junior and Intermediate High in 1960 when a larger campus style building was built on a hillside located west on downtown Butler, this building was open in the fall of 1960. The school was ranked 37th out of 123 western Pennsylvania high schools, by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2009, for academic achievement as reflected by three years of student results on: math, reading, writing and one year of science PSSAs.
Graduation Rate:
2009 - 92%
2008 - 91%
2007 - 91%
PSSA Results
11th Grade Reading
2009 - 70% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 65% of 11th graders on grade level.
2008 - 68%, State - 65%
2007 - 74%, State - 65%
11th Grade Math:
2009 - 70% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 56% of 11th graders are on grade level.
2008 - 70%, State - 56%
2007 - 72%, State - 53%
11th Grade Science:
2009 - 46% on grade level. State: 40% of 11th graders were on grade level.
2008 - 40%
According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 27% of Butler Senior High School graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges. Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years. Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English.
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