Safest School Districts: How Does Pennsbury Compare?

Last week's school shooting in Florida has put student safety in the forefront. So how does Pennsbury compare to other Pennsylvania school districts when it comes to safety?

A recent ranking by data compiler Niche.com reveals the state's safest districts. Pennsbury was in the middle, coming in 246th out of 497 districts, according to the website, which analyzes various aspects of education and communities.

The list was created using information from the U.S. Department of Education, the FBI, parent reviews and other data, according to Niche. To compile the ranking, 50 percent was based on parent and student surveys on health and safety. Student absenteeism, suspensions and expulsions were also factored into the rankings, well as percentage of students referred to law enforcement and school-related arrests.

Pennsbury received a B+ for health and safety from the website.

"I did not have a terrible experience here but it was definitely not great. teachers are good but students are another story," one reviewer wrote of the district.

Another reviewer wrote: "Multiple fights break out in both campus'. Some teachers actually teach while others sit around doing nothing to help further educate or help students. Food is terrible and sometimes over/under cooked. Bathrooms look like someone dropped a bomb in them. Some students use drugs in bathroom. Smoking on the path. Graffiti in bathrooms/locker rooms."

See all the reviews here.

Bucks County districts that were included in the top 100 safest list are Central Bucks, Council Rock, New Hope-Solebury and Neshaminy.

Click here to see the top 50 safest school districts in Pennsylvania, according to Niche.

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