Academic Achievement
Peters Township School District was ranked 10th out of 500 Pennsylvania school districts in 2011 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for math, reading, writing and three years of science.
- 2010 – 13th
- 2009 – 12th
- 2008 – 9th
- 2007 – 12th of 501 school districts.
In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the Peters Township School District, was in the 97th percentile among all 500 Pennsylvania school districts Scale (0–99; 100 is state best).
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