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Route 143 Eastbound at Peru Center, MAPhoto: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0
Schools in Peru

Peru’s public schools

Central Berkshire School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Peru. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/5schools above Massachusetts’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Massachusetts’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
39%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.9K
▼ 17% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.2
MA 11.9
Schools in town
0
1,537 students on the public path
In brief

Peru’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Peru’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools. Wahconah Regional High places highest (better than 69%); Nessacus Regional Middle School lowest (38%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Peru, graded from C+ to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Wahconah Regional High. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Peru, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B−
6–8Nessacus Regional Middle Schoolin DaltonC+
9–12Wahconah Regional Highin DaltonB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Central Berkshire School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Central Berkshire School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 1,537 students, up 1% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$21,946MA $26,530 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading47%
State average 43.7% · 789 students tested
Math39%
State average 40.7% · 790 students tested

Peru vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Massachusetts towns that share Peru’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Peru—Central Berkshire
HinsdaleB−Central Berkshire
Middlefield—Gateway
Cummington—Central Berkshire
Washington—Central Berkshire
WorthingtonCWorthington

3 of the 5 neighbors share Central Berkshire with Peru, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Peru

5 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Peruin other towns
Kittredge
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hinsdale
C+
185 students14:1Rate it →
Becket Washington School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Becket
B−
91 students10:1Rate it →
Craneville
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Dalton
C+
458 students14:1Rate it →
Nessacus Regional Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Dalton
C+
353 students12:1Rate it →
Wahconah Regional High
High · Grades 9–12 · Dalton
B+
450 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Peru’s schools

Are Peru’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Peru. Central Berkshire School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Peru. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Peru in?

Central Berkshire School District.

Where do Peru kids go to high school?

Wahconah Regional High.

Parents talk

What Peru families are saying about school.

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Looking for colleges? Colleges near Peru → They have their own page.

School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.