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Pittsburgh Public Schools

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Suggested Citation:
National Council on Teacher Quality. (2018). Pittsburgh Public Schools. Teacher Contract Database. [Data set].
Retrieved from: https://www.nctq.org/contract-database/district/Pittsburgh-Public-Schools
  • 340th

    largest school district
    in the country

    updated 03/12/2019**
  • $47k

    starting salary

    updated 08/26/2020
  • $93k

    max salary

    updated 08/26/2020
  • 3

    years to tenure

    updated 01/04/2017
  • Grades

    days in student
    school year

    updated 04/24/2019
  • 192

    days in teacher
    school year

    updated 04/24/2019
  • 22,567

    students

    updated 03/12/2019**
  • 1,946

    teachers

    updated 03/12/2019**
  • 96%

    free/reduced lunch

    updated 03/12/2019**

Labor context

updated 03/28/2019
  • District is operating under an expired contract.
  • State requires collective bargaining by school districts if a majority of teachers vote for union representation.
  • The primary union or professional association is affiliated with AFT.

Student Demographics

updated 03/12/2019**

*N/A indicates the issue was not addressed in scope of NCTQ reviewed documents.
**School district teacher count, enrollment, and demographic data is from the 2016-2017 school year, sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics.
***Native Populations includes American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Hawaiian Native students

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