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Butler, Pennsylvania - 9 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Butler Area Sd #390 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,227 per pupil, Butler Area Sd ranks #548 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,058
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$15,227
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Butler Area Sd operates 9 public schools serving 6,058 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Butler County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,227 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 47.2% local, 41.6% state, and 11.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 42/100, ranked #390 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (17 AP courses district-wide), a 561.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 29.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.9% White, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Broad Street El Sch, with a diversity index of 44.0/100.
Its largest campus is Butler Area Shs, enrolling 1,956 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Broad Street El Sch, at 228 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Butler Area Shs accounts for 32.3% of all Butler Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Butler Area Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Butler Area Sd school enrollment varies 8.6× across entities
Butler Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 228 students (lowest) to 1,956 students (highest), a spread of 1,728 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Butler Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 562:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Butler Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 29.9% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Butler Area Sd is typically wider than the Butler Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Butler Area Sd has 9 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary. Total enrollment is 6,058 students.
How much does Butler Area Sd spend per student?
Butler Area Sd spends $15,227 per student. The district has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #390 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Butler Area Sd?
Butler Area Sd students are 89.9% White, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 9 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Butler Area Sd?
Butler Area Sd has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #390 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.