McGuffey School District is a midsized, rural, public school system located in Washington County, Pennsylvania. It serves 10 communities, including the boroughs of Claysville and Green Hills, and the townships of West Finley, East Finley, Morris, Donegal, Buffalo, Blaine, and South Franklin. McGuffey School District encompasses approximately 203 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 13,695 people. In school year 2007-08, McGuffey School District provided basic educational services to 2,060 pupils. McGuffey School District employed 166 teachers, 80 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 15 administrators in 2008. McGuffey School District received more than $14.3 million in state funding fir the 2007-08 school year.
The School District is composed of four schools:
In 2011, the school district ranked 330th of 498 Pennsylvania school district. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for math, reading, writing and three years of science.
The McGuffey School District ranked 80th out of 105 western Pennsylvania school districts, by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2009. In 2008, the district was ranked 78th.
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students in McGuffey School District was in the 42nd percentile of Pennsylvania Public School Districts.