Schools in Peru
Peru is served by Central Berkshire. The town's districts run through the end of secondary school.
Where the Schools Are
There is no public school building inside Peru. The town belongs to a district and funds it, and children travel to schools in neighbouring towns. For a family that is one of the more consequential facts about living here, and it is rarely on a listing.
What the Districts Spend
- Central Berkshire (grades PK–12): $19,833 per pupil, 1,787 students
🚨 Spending is an input, not an outcome. A district that spends more is not thereby better and a district that spends less is not thereby worse: per-pupil figures move with district size, transport distances, and the share of pupils needing additional support. We publish no school ratings, rankings or scores of any kind, here or anywhere on this site.
How Many Children Are Enrolled
- Central Berkshire
In 2026, Central Berkshire enrolled 1,530 students across the 7 towns it serves. That is down 36.3% since 1994, 32 years. 123 of them are in kindergarten. Enrolment counts children, not quality: it follows housing, births and school choice.
Reported every year since 1994: 1995 2,469 · 2000 2,407 · 2005 2,210 · 2010 1,987 · 2015 1,723 · 2020 1,565 · 2025 1,537 · 2026 1,530
🚨 A headcount, never a verdict. Districts across this region have been shrinking for a quarter of a century for reasons that have nothing to do with the schools: fewer children are being born, and the families raising them are older than they were. We publish no school ratings, rankings or scores of any kind.
Per-Pupil Spending Across Berkshire County
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Total per-pupil expenditure reported to the state for the district serving each town, and whether that town's own district covers through grade 12. Spending is an input reported by districts, not a measure of quality. Sort order is yours and implies no ranking.
| Town | Per-Pupil Spending | Covers Through Grade 12 |
|---|---|---|
| Adams | $20,302 | Yes |
| Alford | $28,410 | Yes |
| Becket | $19,833 | Yes |
| Cheshire | $20,302 | Yes |
| Clarksburg | $15,610 | No |
| Dalton | $19,833 | Yes |
| Egremont | $28,410 | Yes |
| Florida | $22,127 | No |
| Great Barrington | $30,479 | Yes |
| Hancock | $24,001 | No |
| Hinsdale | $19,833 | Yes |
| Lanesborough | $21,729 | Yes |
| Lee | $22,852 | Yes |
| Lenox | $24,085 | Yes |
| Monterey | $28,410 | Yes |
| Mount Washington | No record | No |
| New Ashford | No record | No |
| New Marlborough | $28,410 | Yes |
| North Adams | $25,508 | Yes |
| Otis | $32,033 | No |
| Peru | $19,833 | Yes |
| Pittsfield | $22,661 | Yes |
| Richmond | $24,217 | No |
| Sandisfield | $32,033 | No |
| Savoy | $21,256 | No |
| Sheffield | $28,410 | Yes |
| Stockbridge | $30,479 | Yes |
| Tyringham | No record | No |
| Washington | $19,833 | Yes |
| West Stockbridge | $30,479 | Yes |
| Williamstown | $21,729 | Yes |
| Windsor | $19,833 | Yes |
The line under each Per-Pupil Spending is its margin from this table's middle of $22,852: left of centre is below it, right of centre is above, and both sides are drawn to the same scale. The middle is this table's own and does not move when you sort. It is a distance, not a position in a league table, and nothing here is ranked.
What These Columns Mean
- Town
- Towns in the same county.
- Per-Pupil Spending
- Total expenditure per pupil for the district serving the town. An input figure reported to the state, not a measure of quality and not a rating.
- Covers Through Grade 12
- Whether the town's own district runs through the end of secondary, or older students are tuitioned elsewhere.
Cite: RE413. “Per-Pupil Spending Across Berkshire County.” Updated September 19, 2026. https://www.re413.com/towns/peru-ma/schools/, underlying sources at https://www.re413.com/sources/.
Before You Rely on Any of This
District boundaries and school assignments change, and a town can send children to different schools by grade or by neighbourhood. Confirm the assignment for a specific address with the district office before it decides a purchase. Our regional piece on which towns send their teenagers elsewhere covers the fourteen that run no high school at all.
More on Peru
Peru Compared
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The Same, Nearby
The nearest towns to Peru, each with its own figure.
Sources
- Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Districts serving the town, the grades each covers, school locations, per-pupil expenditure and enrolment. No ratings or scores are published by us.
"Figures through" is the period the publisher's data describes; "checked" is only when we last asked. The full sourcing: sources and method.