Peters Township School District

Peters Township School District
Address
631 East McMurray Road
McMurray
, Washington County, Pennsylvania, 15317
United States
District information
TypePublic
Students and staff
District mascotIndian
ColorsRed and white
Other information
Websitewww.ptsd.k12.pa.us

Peters Township School District is a large, suburban, public school district located in Peters Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania and encompasses an area of 19.5 square miles (51 km2). Peters Township School District had a population of 17,566, according to the 2000 federal census. By 2010, the district's population increased to 21,219 people.[1] The educational attainment levels for the School District population (25 years old and over) were 95.9% high school graduates and 56.1% college graduates.[2] The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.

According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 3.2% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level [1] as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.[3] In 2009, the per capita income was $36,159, while the median family income was $86,661.[4] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501[5] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.[6] In Washington County, the median household income was $53,693.[7] By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.[8] In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700.[9]

Peters Township School District operates five schools:

  • Bower Hill Elementary School Kindergarten through Grade 3
  • Pleasant Valley Elementary School Kindergarten through Grade 3
  • McMurray Elementary School Grades 4 – 5
  • Peters Township Middle School Grades 6 - 8
  • Peters Township High School Grades 9 - 12

High school students may choose to attend the Western Area Career Technology Center (WACTC) for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The Intermediate Unit IU1 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, background checks for employees, state mandated recognizing and reporting child abuse training, speech and visual disability services and criminal background screenings and professional development for staff and faculty.

The Peters Township School District borders 4 other school districts - Upper St. Clair S.D. and Bethel Park S.D. (both in Allegheny County) to the north, Canon-McMillan S.D. to the south and west, and Ringgold S.D. to the south and east.

  1. ^ US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011
  2. ^ proximityone (2014). "School District Comparative Analysis Profiles".
  3. ^ Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012
  4. ^ American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2009
  5. ^ US Census Bureau (2010). "American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  6. ^ US Census Bureau (September 2011). "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010" (PDF).
  7. ^ US Census Bureau (2014). "Pennsylvania Median household income, 2006-2010 by County".
  8. ^ Michael Sauter & Alexander E.M. Hess (August 31, 2013). "America's most popular six-figure jobs". USA Today.
  9. ^ Jeff Guo (September 15, 2015). "Lower wages for whites, higher wages for immigrants, and inequality for all". The Washington Post.