Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Peru

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Thomas J. Majors FarmsteadThomas J. Majors Farmstead · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0
Schools in Peru

Peru’s public schools

Auburn Public Schools 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?3/3schools above Nebraska’s middle

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

Reading proficiency
60%
2021–22
Math proficiency
57%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.2K
▼ 9% vs NE $15.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.5
NE 13.8 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
979 students on the public path
In brief

Peru’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Peru’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nebraska’s 882 public schools. Auburn High School places highest (better than 63%); Calvert Elementary lowest (57%). 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–5Calvert Elementaryin AuburnB
6–8Auburn Middle Schoolin AuburnB
9–12Auburn High Schoolin AuburnB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Auburn Public Schools.

The district

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

Auburn Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,019 students · 14.5 per teacher (NE 13.8)
$14,204NE $15,602 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading60%
State average 47.1% · 458 students tested
Math57%
State average 46% · 458 students tested

Peru vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Peru—Auburn

Every school in Peru

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

Also serving Peruin other towns
Calvert Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Auburn
B
531 students17:1Rate it →
Auburn Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Auburn
B
190 students12:1Rate it →
Auburn High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Auburn
B
258 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Peru’s schools

Are Peru’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Peru. Auburn Public Schools 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, 3 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nebraska’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Peru in?

Auburn Public Schools.

Where do Peru kids go to high school?

Auburn High School.

Parents talk

What Peru families are saying about school.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

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.