The Butler Area School District covers the City of Butler, the Boroughs of Connoquenessing and East Butler and Butler Township, Center Township, Clearfield Township, Connoquenessing Township, Oakland Township and Summit Township. The district has eleven elementary schools (grades K - 6th), one junior high school (7th - 8th), one intermediate high school (9th - 10th), and one senior high school (11th - 12th). The 2006 enrollment for elementary students is 4310 students and for secondary schools is 3946 students.
Butler Area School District was ranked 147th out of the 498 ranked Pennsylvania School Districts in 2008 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic performance as demonstrated in 3 years of PSSA results.
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