Peru Central School District is located at 17 School Street Peru, NY. The town has a total area of 92.4 square miles and it was first settled in 1772. The Peru Central School District provides education for grades K through 12 in Clinton County. As a school community, Peru Central School District expects to provide a positive, safe, caring and child-centered environment where teaching and learning are emphasized and rewarded, and where there is mutual respect. And they expect to hold themselves accountable for this via continuous assessment of programs, practices and operations.

The district mission is to be “a community of learners involved in and dedicated to the learning process. We’re expected to teach all students a continuously updated curriculum, using a variety of practical, proven research-based methods to actively engage students and meet individual learning styles”.

Peru, New York is located off Interstate 87(Exit 35) which runs north and south. It is 11 miles south of Plattsburgh, New York, 135 miles north of Albany, New York, and 70 miles south of Montreal, Canada. The center of town is located minutes from Lake Champlain, the (almost) sixth "Great Lake" in North America. We are considered a rural area with large apple orchards and dairy farms. Some of the people who live in Peru also work in Plattsburgh at the State University, Dannemora Correctional Facility.