Wharton Sch

Wharton Sch is an elementary-level community of micro-enrollment scale in Farmington, Pennsylvania, operated by Uniontown Area SD, works with 141 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Wharton Sch sits 68% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Uniontown Area SD, which oversees 9 schools and 2,485 students, Wharton Sch is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Wharton Sch shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Fayette County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 105% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fayette County (around 92%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Wharton Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Fayette County put the typical household earns roughly $58,236 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wharton Sch is one of 39 public schools in Fayette County (combined enrollment of about 15,340 students).

The closest other public school is A J McMullen Sch, roughly 4.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wharton Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 23%: 182 students in 2018 compared to 141 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Wharton Sch community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.