

The Pittsburgh-headquartered school search platform ranks public middle schools through the following categories:Īcademics grade, which is based on state assessment proficiency, district academics grade, student-to-teacher ratios and parent or student surveys on academicsĭiversity grade, which is based on a student racial diversity index, parent or student surveys on culture and diversity, economically disadvantaged percentages and gender diversity Department of Education, Common Core Data, Civil Rights Data Collection and more fuel Niche’s rankings. Reviews and data from sources like the U.S. “No evidence of explosives was detected."Once the scene was cleared by the K-9, everyone affected by this incident was permitted to return to their day-to-day business,” at about 11:15 a.m., according to police.Pennsylvania’s top 25 public middle schools are mostly located near Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, according to Niche, a site offering data on schools and colleges across the country. discovered a printout on a municipal building printer stating: “I installed several explosives in the building” and demanding a sum of money to be wired by a specific date."Out of an abundance of caution, several buildings were evacuated, and the Pennsylvania State Police bomb detection K-9 unit was called to the scene to search the building,” Peters police noted in a preliminary statement. The school district called parents and indicated that the threat was not against any school and the action was precautionary.According to township police, a township employee at about 8:30 a.m. Two Peters Township schools are on partial lockdown after a threat was made at the nearby municipal building.Peters Middle School and McMurray Elementary were locked down while the municipal building was checked.
