Pittsburgh's Top High Schools Newly Ranked: See How Peters Fared

PETERS, PA — Data anaylsis company Niche has released its rankings of the top high schools in the Pittsburgh area for 2024, and Peters students and teachers should be proud.

The high school was ranked seventh.

The rankings are part of a larger study of the best high schools across the nation and in Pennsylvania. Niche’s 2024 Best Schools and Districts rankings include data on 94,058 public schools, 30,809 private schools and 12,192 school districts.

The Niche.com rankings,which have come out for the past nine years, compare K-12 schools and
districts across the United States. The website combines input from current students, alumni and parents with hard data from sources including the U.S. Department of Education.

A major change this year is that SAT and ACT-related factors have been removed from the K-12 rankings, Niche stated in a release.

“The education industry has seen significant changes in 2023, and the future still holds a lot of uncertainty,” the company said. “But one thing that remains consistent is the decreased emphasis on standardized testing. At first, the rise of test-optional college admissions was primarily in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but more than three years later, colleges are continuing the trend.”

Here is Niche's ranking of the top 20 high schools in the Pittsburgh area and how they rank statewide. The state number is listed parenthetically.

1. North Allegheny (5)

2. Mt. Lebanon (9)

3. Fox Chapel (1o)

4. Upper St. Clair (12)

5. South Fayette (25)

6. Franklin Regional (28)

7. Peters Township (31)

8. Quaker Valley (39)

9. Hampton (48)

10. Pine Richland (51)

11. Moon Area (61)

12. Montour (62)

13. Penn Trafford (72)

14. Pittsburgh Science & Technology Academy (81)

15. Gateway (82)

16. Seneca Valley (90)

17. Hempfield (94)

18. North Hills (101)

19. Avonworth (105)

20. Canon-McMillan (114)