Butler Senior High School

Butler Area Senior High School
Location
120 Campus Lane
Butler, Pennsylvania
United States
Coordinates 40°51′51″N 79°55′02″W / 40.8641°N 79.9171°W / 40.8641; -79.9171Coordinates: 40°51′51″N 79°55′02″W / 40.8641°N 79.9171°W / 40.8641; -79.9171
Information
School type Public, Senior high school
Opened 1908
School district Butler Area School District
NCES District ID 4204590[1]
CEEB code 390500
NCES School ID 420459001147[2]
Principal Dr. John Wyllie
Faculty 78.20 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Grades 10th - 12th
Enrollment 1330[2] (2011-2012)
 • Grade 11 620[2]
 • Grade 12 637[2]
Student to teacher ratio 17.01[2]
Campus type Open
Color(s) Old Gold and White with Navy Blue trims
         
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.basdk12.org/1/home

Butler Senior High School is a coeducational public senior high school in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, serving grades 10–12. It is the senior high school for the Butler Area School District. The school was founded in 1908, moved to a larger building on an adjacent site in 1917, and moved again to its current site in 1960.

History

Butler Senior High School was originally opened in a yellow-brick building on a site bounded by McKean, East North, Cliff, and New Castle Streets in central Butler. In 1917 it moved to a three-story red-brick building across Cliff Street, the original building becoming the junior high school. In 1937 it was named John A. Gibson High School, in honor of the district superintendent who retired that year. In 1960 it moved again, to a new building on Campus Lane. The 1917 building is now the junior high school, with an annex built in 1994–95 occupying the site of the 1908 building.[3]

Academics

In 2009, the Pittsburgh Business Times ranked Butler High School 37th out of 123 Western Pennsylvania high schools for academic achievement in the subjects of math, reading, writing, and science.

Graduation rate

2009 - 92%[4] 2008 - 91% 2007 - 91%[5]

PSSA results

11th Grade Reading

2009 - 70% on grade level. State - 65% of 11th graders on grade level. 2008 - 68%, State - 65% 2007 - 74%, State - 65%[6]

11th Grade Math

2009 - 70% on grade level. State - 56% of 11th graders on grade level.[7] 2008 - 70%, State - 56% 2007 - 72%, State - 53%

11th Grade Science

2009 - 46% on grade level. State - 40% of 11th graders on grade level.
2008 - 40%[8]

College remediation

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.[9] Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges take at least one remedial course in math, reading or English.

Extracurricular programs

The Senior High is home to the Butler Yellow Tornado athletics teams and offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports.

By Pennsylvania law, all K-12 students in the district, including those who attend a private nonpublic school, cyber charter school, or charter school and those homeschooled, are eligible to participate in the extracurricular programs including all athletics. They must meet the same eligibility rules as the students enrolled in the district's schools.[10]

Marching band

The Butler Golden Tornado Marching Band marches 240 students, who audition for their places.

Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps

Butler High School has an Army J.R.O.T.C. program battalion, the Tornado Battalion.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Butler Area Sd". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Butler Area Shs". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  3. ↑ "150042 – Butler Junior High School" (PDF). School Preservation: Historic Educational Resources of Pennsylvania, 1682-1969. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. August 26, 2015. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  4. ↑ Butler Area School District Academic Achievement Report Card 2009
  5. ↑ Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children - Pennsylvania High School Graduation Rates 2007
  6. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Education PSSA Math and Reading results 2007 by school and grade
  7. ↑ PSSAs: Reading, Math, Writing and Science Results
  8. ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Education Report on Science PSSA 2008 August 2008.
  9. ↑ Pennsylvania College Remediation Report
  10. ↑ Home-Schooled, Charter School Children Can Participate in School District Extracurricular Activities, Pennsylvania Office of the Governor Press Release, November 10, 2005
  11. ↑ "Meghan Schnur". U.S. Soccer. Archived from the original on 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
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