The Carlynton School District was formed under the mandate of the Legislature of Pennsylvania in the mid 1960’s. The name “Carlynton” was derived from the jointure of CARnegie, RossLYN Farms, and CrafTON boroughs.

The Carlynton School District, located just six miles southwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a small district uniting three proud communities with various ethnic, racial and socioeconomic populations. Our schools enjoy valuable partnerships with the likes of Carnegie Mellon University’s Fluency Project and Create Lab and the Google Education/Ed Tech Digital Promise/Dynamic Learning Project. STEAM labs offer innovative hands-on training stations to encourage creative thinking and the mastery of entrepreneurial skills. Likewise, the district presents a challenging curriculum to encourage all students to excel as independent thinkers and life-long learners, while offering each the support and motivation to do so with success.

The population of the Carlynton School District, kindergarten to grade 12, is about 1,340 students. Care is taken to maintain balanced class sizes at all grade levels. Both elementary buildings house students in grades kindergarten to six, while the junior-senior high school encompasses students in the seventh through the twelfth grades.