Editing Butler, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Butler Public Schools]] serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=999ca86c61de4399ab85fd0493cddd6b 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."</ref> 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 [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.5:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3402520&DistrictID=3402520 District information for Butler Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402520 School Data for the Butler Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
Aaron Decker School<ref>[https://www.butlerboe.org/Domain/13 Aaron Decker School], Butler Public Schools. Accessed January 4, 2023.</ref> with 379 students in grades K-4, 
Richard Butler School<ref>[https://www.butlerboe.org/Domain/14 Richard Butler School], Butler Public Schools. Accessed January 4, 2023.</ref> with 299 students in grades 5-8 and 
[[Butler High School (New Jersey)|Butler High School]]<ref>[https://www.butlerboe.org/Domain/15 Butler High School], Butler Public Schools. Accessed January 4, 2023.</ref> with 455 students in grades 9-12.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/27/0630 School Performance Reports for the Butler Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 31, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0630 New Jersey School Directory for the Butler Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Students from [[Bloomingdale, New Jersey|Bloomingdale]] attend Butler High School as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Bloomingdale School District]].<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/27/0630/000.html Butler Public School District 2016 Report Card Narrative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914035048/https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/27/0630/000.html |date=September 14, 2017 }}, [[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."</ref><ref>Lee, Michelle. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/116554133_Sharing_schools_chief_hits_a_snag.html "Proposal to merge Butler, Bloomingdale school chiefs snagged on state pay-cap"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 20, 2011. Accessed July 2, 2011. "Lauren Grecco, Bloomingdale school board president, said the trustees came up with the shared superintendent idea last fall with the goals of saving money and better-aligning curriculum. Bloomingdale students attend Butler High School, and the districts share a librarian and a buildings-and-grounds supervisor."</ref>

St. Anthony of Padua School was a [[Catholic school]] operated under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson]] that was closed in June 2012 in the face of declining enrollment, after having served the community for 130 years.<ref>Staff. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/160635075_Saint_Anthony_s_School__closing_after_130_years__.html "Controversy rises over St. Anthony's closure in Butler"], ''Suburban Trends'', June 28, 2012. Accessed July 25, 2013. "With the St. Anthony of Padua Elementary School having reportedly closed its doors forever with the end of this school year, a fight is brewing between the priest who, in light of falling enrollment, made the decision to end the school's 130-year run, and various parents and parishioners who say that he abandoned the school too soon."</ref>