1
Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Peters Twp MS administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
952
Middle
DISTRICT 802 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PETERS TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421896007695
Peters Twp Middle School
264 E McMurray Rd, McMurray, PA 15317 · (724) 941-2688 · Washington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL952 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
101 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 344 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 307 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 301 | 32% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Peters Twp Middle School→Peters Twp High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Peters Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
84.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
73.7%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.6% | 73.7% |
| 2023-24 | 86.9% | 76.3% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
81.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Peters Twp Middle School
Peters Twp Middle School's state test result (81.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Twp Middle School this school | 952 | 10.6% | 81.6% |
| Mars Area Centennial School Mars | 627 | 12.0% | 68.2% |
| Eden Hall Upper Elementary School Gibsonia | 1,076 | 9.3% | 77.8% |
| Lenape Middle School Doylestown | 779 | 11.8% | 62.6% |
| Pine-Richland Middle School Gibsonia | 703 | 6.4% | 70.2% |
| Mellon Middle School Pittsburgh | 661 | 13.8% | 76.3% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Peters Twp Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #4 of 479 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #9 of 513 ▼ 6 | #1 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.6% | #5 of 513 ▼ 2 | #1 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 952 | #64 of 522 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #412 of 486 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.3% | #392 of 486 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.6% | #499 of 510 | #11 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 952 | 63.1 | 15.1:1 | 11% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 925 | 62.9 | 14.7:1 | 11% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 914 | 64.8 | 14.1:1 | 10% (91) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peters Twp Middle School.
About Peters Twp Middle School
Peters Twp Middle School is a public middle school run by Peters Township SD in McMurray, Pennsylvania. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 952 students. Statewide, middle schools in Pennsylvania average about 594 students each.
Peters Twp Middle School is one of 5 schools in Peters Township SD, which enrolls 4,011 students in total.
Peters Twp Middle School enrolls a student body that is 90% White. It is also 3% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. For comparison, Washington County is about 90% White. By the diversity index, Peters Twp Middle School comes in at 19%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1 at Peters Twp Middle School, with 63.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 11%. That is 38 points below the 49% average for public schools in Washington County.
Peters Twp Middle School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 98% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Peters Twp Middle School is 8.6 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 81.6% actual, 73.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Across Washington County, median household income is about $78,958, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of Washington County number 56 and enroll about 26,079.
Pleasant Valley Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Peters Twp Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,042
Census ACS
Median income
$78,958
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
26,079 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Peters Township SD
- Peters Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,267 students
- Bower Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- McMurray Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 495 students
Other schools in McMurray
- Peters Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,267 students
- McMurray Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 495 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasant Valley Elementary School0.1 mi · 495
- Peters Twp High School0.9 mi · 1,267
- McMurray Elementary School2.3 mi · 608
- North Strabane Intrmd School2.6 mi · 415
- Borland Manor Elementary School2.6 mi · 273
- Hills-Hendersonville Elementary School2.8 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Peters Twp Middle SchoolHow many students attend Peters Twp Middle School?
Peters Twp Middle School enrolls approximately 952 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Peters Twp Middle School serve?
Peters Twp Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Peters Twp Middle School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Peters Twp Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Peters Twp Middle School?
Student demographics at Peters Twp Middle School are roughly 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Peters Twp Middle School public or private?
Peters Twp Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Peters Township SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.