In 2015, Peters Township Middle School eighth grade ranked 2nd within a seven-county Western Pennsylvania region. In 2014, the 8th grade ranked 6th among local schools. In 2011, the Peters Township Middle School eighth grade ranked 5th within a seven-county Western Pennsylvania region. It was the highest-scoring middle school in Washington County. In 2009, the 8th grade was ranked 5th out of 141 western Pennsylvania middle schools based on three years of student academic achievement in PSSAs in: reading, math writing and one year of science. (Includes schools in: Allegheny County, Beaver County, Butler County, Fayette County, Westmoreland County and Washington County). The seventh grade ranked 4th in 2015 and 3rd in 2014.