Peters Township School District received $4,987,704 in state Basic Education Funding. Additionally, the Peters Township School District additionally received $86,100 in Accountability Block Grant funding. The enacted Pennsylvania state Education budget includes $5,354,629,000 for the 2011–2012 Basic Education Funding appropriation. This amount is a $233,290,000 increase (4.6%) over the enacted State appropriation for 2010–2011. The highest increase in state basic education funding was awarded to Duquesne City School District which received an over 49% increase. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 122 students in the Peters Township School District received free or reduced-price lunches due to low family income in the 2009–2010 school year.