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Peters Township School District

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Peters Township School District is located in west Pennsylvania. Peters Township School District has 19.55 square miles of land area and 0.18 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Peters Township School District population is 21,587. Peters Township School District median household income is $107,237 in 2010-2014. Peters Township School District median house value is $301,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Peters Township School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (8 out of 496, top 2%) Elementary/Middle School: (8 out of 498, top 2%)* Rank: #11
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	21,587 (2010-2014), rank #178
Population Growth	8.50% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,094.35/sq mi, rank #121
Median Household Income:	$107,237 at 2010-2014—7.87% increase since 2005-2009, rank #7
Median House Price:	$301,900 at 2010-2014—12.52% increase since 2005-2009, rank #27
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	19.55 sq mi, rank #396
Water Area:	0.18 sq mi (0.89%), rank #360
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Washington County
City:	Venetia, Finleyville, Canonsburg, Pittsburgh, Bridgeville, Thompsonville, Mcmurray
Zip:	15367, 15332, 15317, 15241, 15017
Area:	Pittsburgh, PA

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Peters Township School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

631 East Mcmurray Rd

Canonsburg PA, 15317, Washington County

Phone: 724-941-6251

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,299	4,359	4,401	4,506	4,449	4,444	4,413
English Language Learner Students:	8	8	8	9	10	18	15
Total Teachers:	270.95	261.58	263.75	265.66	265.07	261.50	252.30
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	6.50	7.50	5.50	6.50	7.00	7.50	6.50
Elementary:	109.89	107.74	110.94	113.17	107.85	106.20	101.60
Secondary:	130.82	127.75	129.89	129.92	131.25	132.30	129.20
Ungraded:	23.74	18.59	17.42	16.07	18.97	15.50	15.00
Total Other Staff:	237.50	260.94	261.34	274.25	215.33	216.30	197.60
Instructional Aides:	49.00	51.00	51.00	52.00	31.50	28.00	26.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.80	2.00	2.80
Total Guidance Counselors:	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	9.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Library/Media Support:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.50	5.50	5.00
District Administrators:	4.00	4.00	3.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	13.00	13.00	13.00	12.00	11.00	9.00	9.50
School Administrators:	9.00	10.00	10.00	8.91	9.20	10.00	10.00
School Administrative Support:	8.00	8.00	8.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	23.00
Student Support Services:	NA	7.10	8.50	7.50	4.50	4.00	3.00
Other Support Services:	134.00	145.34	145.34	149.34	114.33	119.30	98.30
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.87	16.66	16.69	16.96	16.78	16.99	17.49

Schools

Bower Hill Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	424 Bower Hill Rd, Venetia PA 15367
Mcmurray Elementary School	Grade 4 to Grade 6	626 East Mcmurray Rd, Canonsburg PA 15317
Peters Twp High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	264 East Mcmurray Rd, Canonsburg PA 15317
Peters Twp Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	625 East Mcmurray Rd, Canonsburg PA 15317
Pleasant Valley Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	250 East Mcmurray Rd, Canonsburg PA 15317

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.5%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.1%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	79.5%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	76.6%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	87.5%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	76.8%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.3%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	82%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	83.9%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	81.3%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88.7%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86.9%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90.2%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86.6%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	92%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84.1%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	85.9%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90.7%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	92.8%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88.2%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	64.2%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	75%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	70.4%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	70%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97.1%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	98.1%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	98.3%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	95.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.9%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	97.2%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	98%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	98.1%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.6%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.9%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.1%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.8%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.8%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.4%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.2%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.9%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.3%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	96.6%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.7%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.2%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.2%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.2%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.3%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	90.2%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	88.2%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.1%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.3%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.2%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.3%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.8%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.1%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.9%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.2%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.7%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.4%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.4%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.9%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.6%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.9%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.8%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.9%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.3%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.8%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	97%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93.9%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	96.3%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.7%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93.7%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.4%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	97.8%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	96.3%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.7%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.4%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.4%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.3%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.4%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.1%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	95.6%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.8%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.6%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.9%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96.3%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	98.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.2%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.9%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.5%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.4%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	99%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	96.6%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	96.1%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	97.5%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95.8%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	97.7%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$49,594,000	$11,269		$48,216,000	$10,700		$46,554,000	$10,464
Federal:	$386,000	$88	0.8%	$1,343,000	$298	2.8%	$940,000	$211	2.0%
State:	$11,429,000	$2,597	23.0%	$10,615,000	$2,356	22.0%	$10,488,000	$2,357	22.5%
Local:	$37,779,000	$8,584	76.2%	$36,258,000	$8,047	75.2%	$35,126,000	$7,895	75.5%
Total Expenditures:	$49,483,000	$11,244		$52,482,000	$11,647		$46,879,000	$10,537
Total Current Expenditures:	$43,079,000	$9,788		$41,426,000	$9,194		$40,549,000	$9,114
Instructional Expenditures:	$28,096,000	$6,384	65.2%	$26,465,000	$5,873	63.9%	$25,621,000	$5,759	63.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,564,000	$810	8.3%	$3,518,000	$781	8.5%	$3,638,000	$818	9.0%
Administration:	$3,514,000	$798	8.2%	$3,234,000	$718	7.8%	$3,144,000	$707	7.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,905,000	$1,796	18.4%	$8,209,000	$1,822	19.8%	$8,146,000	$1,831	20.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$3,304,000	$751		$1,681,000	$373		$691,000	$155
Construction:	$3,101,000	$705		$1,016,000	$225		$0	$0
Total Other:	$9,000	$2		$9,000	$2		$5,000	$1
Interest on Debt:	$1,655,000	$376		$2,354,000	$522		$6,000	$1

Total Salary:	$26,704,000	$6,068		$25,602,000	$5,682		$25,141,000	$5,651
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$19,163,000	$4,354	71.8%	$18,460,000	$4,097	72.1%	$17,985,000	$4,042	71.5%
Other Salary:	$7,541,000	$1,713	28.2%	$7,142,000	$1,585	27.9%	$7,156,000	$1,608	28.5%
Total Benefit:	$10,166,000	$2,310		$8,851,000	$1,964		$8,247,000	$1,854
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$7,152,000	$1,625	70.4%	$6,200,000	$1,376	70.0%	$5,755,000	$1,294	69.8%
Other Benefit:	$3,014,000	$685	29.6%	$2,651,000	$588	30.0%	$2,492,000	$560	30.2%

* Peters Township School District was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.