From our inception, Buxton has always been committed to cultural, racial, and economic diversity. Students come from all over the U.S. and many other countries are represented. In recent years, Buxton has graduated students from China, the Czech Republic, France, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, and Spain. Daily life on Buxton's rural estate reflects a sense of family and community. All students attending Buxton live on campus.
Faculty members live either in apartments in the dorms or with their families in houses on campus.
Meals are prepared by a chef trained at the New England Culinary Institute and his staff and are served family-style in the dining room of the Main House. An essential element of the educational philosophy at Buxton is Work Program. It is based on the belief that personal growth and community well-being are rooted in meaningful and creative work. Forestry and gardening, construction projects, office and library work, cooking, redecorating, and handyman tasks are examples of jobs done by Buxton students. Because the school is primarily heated with wood, students coordinate a year-long plan that involves timbering, lumberjacking, splitting and storing the wood, and stoking the stoves.