Buffington’s public schools score below 71% of Pennsylvania districts
The public schools Buffington’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 71% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation.
The short version on Buffington’s schools
Which school depends on your street
With six elementary and three middle schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from D to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. After that, everyone goes to Uniontown Area SHS. Menallen sends its kids to all the same schools. See the path ↓
How it compares with its neighbors
Counting the two towns on its borders, Buffington ranks 2nd of 3. German (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 Buffington 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 Buffington.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Buffington vs. its neighbors
Buffington’s schools rank 2nd of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Pennsylvania districts.
Every school in Buffington
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Buffington families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Buffington
There’s no college in Buffington, but 14 are within 30 miles. The closest is Laurel Business Institute in Uniontown, 6.3 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Buffington. 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.