Peters Township Tops Pittsburgh High Schools at No. 382 as U.S. News Ranks Nearly 18,000
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Updated · CBS New York · Aug 18
Peters Township Tops Pittsburgh High Schools at No. 382 as U.S. News Ranks Nearly 18,000
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Aug 18
Summary
More than 150 Pittsburgh-area public high schools made U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 rankings, with Peters Township High School leading the metro area at No. 382 nationally.
Upper St. Clair ranked No. 426, Fox Chapel Area No. 508 and Mt. Lebanon No. 517, rounding out the next highest Pittsburgh-area schools on the national list.
Pennsylvania’s top-ranked public high school was Philadelphia’s Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School at No. 3 nationally; Peters Township placed ninth in the state top 10.
Nearly 18,000 schools across all 50 states were evaluated using six factors, with college readiness carrying the heaviest weight alongside state assessment performance and graduation rate.