Center Avenue School

102 Center Ave, Butler, PA 16001 | (724) 287-8721

Grades: KG-6
Student Enrollment: 222

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5 out of 5 | 1 Review

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 222 elementary school students from grades KG-6
Ranks 1608th out of 1,895 elementary schools in PA.
2010 Overall School AYP Met Status: Made AYP

Additional Contact Information

Mailing Address: 102 Center Avenue, Butler, PA 16001

Principal or Admin: Barbara Frantz

School Operational Details

Title I Eligible
All students of this school are eligible for participation in authorized programs.

School District Details

Butler Area School District
Per-Pupil Spending: $9,120
Graduation Rate: 85.6%
Dropout Rate: 2.3%
Students Per Teacher: 14.7
Enrolled Students: 7,839

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 222
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 21.5
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 10.3

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 118 (53.2%)
Females: 101 (45.5%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 18 (8.1%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 140 (63.1%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 158 (71.2%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Center Avenue School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	-	-
Black	14	6.3%
Asian	7	3.2%
Hispanic	16	7.2%
White	182	82.0%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
Kindergarten	37	16.7%
1st Grade	33	14.9%
2nd Grade	29	13.1%
3rd Grade	31	14.0%
4th Grade	44	19.8%
5th Grade	23	10.4%
6th Grade	25	11.3%

Low-Income Enrollment (2011)

Percent of Students from Low-Income Families

School:

72.2%

District:

29.6%

Source: PA Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 5

5 out of 5 | 1 Review

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1 review for Center Avenue School

Reviewed by Former Student on November 30, 2009
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
I miss this place the teachers were great and they teach how to make decisions on your own and help you to read better than the average school it was an experience i would love to repeat lol

Test Scores and Performance Information

Overall School Rating

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The overall school rating shows that Center Avenue School performed on average worse than many other schools across the state on PSSA state exams in the following subjects:

Math
Reading
Science
Writing

AYP Details (2010)

Overall AYP Met: Made AYP

PSSA - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject

Grade 3 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	79.3%	86.6%	84.5%
2009	65.9%	81.4%	81.7%
2008	64.6%	87.3%	80.5%

Reading Test
2010	62.0%	80.6%	75.2%
2009	79.5%	82.3%	77.0%
2008	61.3%	82.9%	76.8%

Grade 4 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	72.2%	84.8%	84.9%
2009	79.3%	88.0%	81.8%
2008	73.3%	82.4%	79.6%

Reading Test
2010	62.1%	73.4%	72.9%
2009	69.0%	78.9%	72.6%
2008	56.7%	71.2%	70.1%

Science Test
2010	79.0%	85.1%	81.4%
2009	76.7%	90.4%	83.4%
2008	82.7%	85.3%	81.5%

Grade 5 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	72.7%	82.3%	74.4%
2009	70.0%	77.4%	73.5%
2008	48.4%	80.5%	73.2%

Reading Test
2010	40.9%	69.8%	64.1%
2009	50.0%	66.6%	64.5%
2008	35.5%	65.1%	61.6%

Writing Test
2010	22.7%	61.6%	61.8%
2009	-	-	-
2008	25.0%	58.3%	57.3%

Grade 6 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	70.8%	79.6%	78.0%
2009	51.7%	80.4%	75.7%
2008	77.7%	81.1%	72.3%

Reading Test
2010	57.7%	69.8%	68.8%
2009	54.8%	76.7%	67.6%
2008	55.5%	79.3%	66.9%

Source: PA Department of Education 2009-2010

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