Pittsburgh

Best Pittsburgh suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·21 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Allison Park$347k median · 25.3 min commute
Schools ACost of living CResidents inactive
91
Schools score
overall 71 B−
2
Bethel Presbyterian Church in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. This is the current 1910 building of the church that traces its history back to 1776. Two prior buildin
Bethel Park$273k median · 26.5 min commute
Schools ACost of living C+Residents inactive
90
Schools score
overall 73 B
3
Carnot-Moon$264k median · 30.4 min commute
Schools ACost of living CResidents inactive
88
Schools score
overall 64 C+
4
Picture of the Trinity German Evangelical Lutheran Church located at 2500 Brandt School Road in Franklin Park, Pennsylvania, on September 23, 2010. Built in 186
Franklin Park$486k median · 25.2 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living D−Residents inactive
86
Schools score
overall 71 B−
5
Scene in Murrysville, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Murrysville$342k median · 29.3 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living C−Residents inactive
86
Schools score
overall 68 B−
6
Jefferson Hills War Memorial
Jefferson Hills$316k median · 25.2 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living DResidents inactive
83
Schools score
overall 63 C+
7
Picture of the Oakmont Country Club located in Plum and Oakmont, Pennsylvania, on November 7, 2009. Built in 1903, and designed by Henry C. Fownes and Edward St
Plum$228k median · 31.1 min commute
Schools BCost of living CResidents inactive
75
Schools score
overall 56 C−
8
North Zion Lutheran Church (built 1859), Baldwin, Pennsylvania
Baldwin$208k median · 26.2 min commute
Schools BCost of living B−Residents inactive
73
Schools score
overall 62 C
9
Whitehall$236k median · 29.1 min commute
Schools B−Cost of living B−Residents inactive
72
Schools score
overall 61 C
10
Entrance to the Monroeville Mall, located outside Pittsburgh, PA.
Monroeville$210k median · 25.1 min commute
Schools B−Cost of living B−Residents inactive
69
Schools score
overall 64 C+
This list's weighting
Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Bethel Park (Generic1139 · CC BY 3.0); Franklin Park (Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0); Murrysville (Erik Drost on Flickr · CC BY 2.0); Jefferson Hills (JeffersonHills · CC BY-SA 3.0); Plum (Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0); Baldwin (Cbaile19 · CC0); Monroeville (Avicennasis · CC BY-SA 3.0).