"The Pittsburgh Business Times" ranked Pine-Richland School District eighth in the region out of nearly 105 schools in 2018. In all nearly 500 schools were ranked in PA.  

This annual ranking report bases its guide on scores from the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exams and the Keystone exams.  PR was ranked 8th in 2017 and 9th in 2016.

This year's top 10 included:
1. South Fayette
2. Upper St. Clair
3. Mt. Lebanon
4. Fox Chapel 
5. Peters Township
6. North Allegheny
7. Hampton Township
8. Pine-Richland 
9. Franklin Regional
10. Mars Area