Pittsburgh

===Primary education===
{{Further|Pittsburgh Public Schools}}
[[File:Allderdice.jpg|thumb|[[Taylor Allderdice High School]] in Pittsburgh in November 2006]]
[[Pittsburgh Public Schools]] teachers are paid well relative to their peers, ranking 17th in 2000 among the 100 largest cities by population for the highest minimum salary. In 2018, the starting teacher salary offered to teachers with a BA was $46,920. The maximum annual salary for a teacher with a master's degree was $95,254.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.triblive.com/news/pittsburgh-allegheny/pittsburgh-public-schools-to-pay-new-teachers-more-scrap-performance-based-pay/ |title=Pittsburgh Public Schools to pay new teachers more, scrap performance-based pay {{!}} TribLIVE.com|website=archive.triblive.com|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref>

Local public schools include many charter and magnet schools, including [[City Charter High School]] (computer and technology focused), Pittsburgh Montessori School (formerly Homewood Montessori), [[Pittsburgh Gifted Center]], [[Barack Obama Academy of International Studies 6-12]], [[Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School|Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12]], [[Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy]], the [[Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children]], and the [[Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf]].

Private schools in Pittsburgh include [[Bishop Canevin High School]], [[Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)|Central Catholic High School]], [[Oakland Catholic High School]], [[Winchester Thurston School]], [[St. Edmund's Academy]], Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh, Yeshiva Schools and [[The Ellis School]]. [[Shady Side Academy]] maintains a PK–5 primary school campus in the [[Point Breeze, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Point Breeze]] neighborhood, in addition to its 6–12 middle and upper school campuses in nearby suburban [[Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania|Fox Chapel]]. Other private institutions outside of Pittsburgh's limits include [[North Catholic High School]] and [[Seton-La Salle Catholic High School]].

The city also has an extensive library system, both public and university. Most notable are the [[Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh]] and the [[University of Pittsburgh]]'s University Library System, which rank as the ninth-largest public and 18th-largest academic libraries in the nation, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libraryspot.com/lists/listlargestlibs.htm |title=Nation's Largest Libraries |work=LibrarySpot | access-date = October 21, 2007 | archive-date = May 29, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070529215517/http://www.libraryspot.com/lists/listlargestlibs.htm | url-status = dead}}</ref>