The dissertation includes an analysis of the consumption of final energy for heating 73 educational facilities situated in rural areas of the Kraków poviat. Calculating the unit rate for final energy demand EK w kWh/m2 was carried out applying two methods, according to the methodology of estimating the energetic performance of buildings. The value of the unit rate for the final energy demand EK depends on the assumed calculation method and equals (average value for the analyzed group of facilities), respectively: 171 kWh/m² for the method based on the actually used energy and 203 kWh/m² for the calculation method based on the standard manner of use. Majority (70%) of the educational facilities situated in rural areas of the Kraków poviat are effective in the field of using heat energy (unit use of the final energy above 240 kWh/m²); 30% of these can be described as energy-efficient (EK<140 kWh/m²). 7% of the educational facilities (EK >341 kWh/m²) require carrying out thermo-modernization procedures. Calculation of the value of the EP rate using the two methods allowed to compare the results for which the average relative error of the MAPE estimate for the analyzed educational facilities is 17% (the results obtained according to the method based on the actually used energy). Therefore, when estimating the consumption of the final energy according to the calculation method based on the standard manner of use, the values of the rates are significantly over-specified.