Peters Twp MS

Peters Twp MS is one of the high-enrollment intermediate schools in McMurray, Pennsylvania, overseen by Peters Township SD, with 952 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 60% larger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Peters Township SD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 4,011 students. Peters Twp MS is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Peters Twp MS logs that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest breaks down as 3% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Peters Twp MS reports 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Peters Twp MS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 11% of students at Peters Twp MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washington County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Peters Twp MS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Washington County shows median household earnings sit near $78,958, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Peters Twp MS is one of 56 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 26,079 students).

Pleasant Valley El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Peters Twp MS. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Peters Twp MS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 83.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

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