Bear Rocks’s public schools score below 71% of Pennsylvania districts
The public schools Bear Rocks’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 71% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
Bear Rocks’s schools, in brief
Below what its incomes would suggest
Statewide, Bear Rocks’s schools beat 29% of districts. Among the 2,000 towns with similar household incomes, they beat just 9%. Most towns with comparable incomes get noticeably better results. How it compares ↓
Which school depends on your street
With four elementary schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from C− to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. After that, everyone goes to Connellsville Area MS and Connellsville Area SHS. Bullskin sends its kids to all the same schools. See the path ↓
How it compares with its neighbors
Counting the two towns on its borders, Bear Rocks ranks 2nd of 3. Mount Pleasant (C+) is graded higher. Compare ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Bear Rocks compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Bear Rocks.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Bear Rocks vs. its neighbors
Bear Rocks’s schools rank 2nd of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Pennsylvania districts.
Every school in Bear Rocks
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Bear Rocks families are saying about school.
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Colleges near Bear Rocks
There’s no college in Bear Rocks, but 14 are within 30 miles. The closest is Westmoreland County Community College in Hempfield, 9.1 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Bear Rocks. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 4 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Pennsylvania. Stars are from neighbors.