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Year Founded

1923

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Awards

Blue Ribbon School - Selected in 2016

Student Body

Total Students

171 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

11%

State avg.: 40%

Academic Profile

Total Classroom Teachers

13 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

13:1

National avg.: 11:1

School Membership(s)School Assoc.

National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
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St. Peter School and urge you to thoroughly peruse this site to learn all about us.
Saint Peter's seeks students who want the challenge of academic excellence in a loving, Christian environment.
Our school consistently distinguishes itself with a strong academic curriculum, dedicated faculty, small classes, diverse extracurricular activities, and a commitment to providing excellence at an affordable price.
Entwined by common purpose, the students, teachers, parents and friends of St. Peter School create an educational environment that nurtures love of learning, joy of service and a lively faith.
St. Peter's will be a welcoming and loving Catholic School with the faculty, facilities, curriculum and programs to effectively nurture, develop, and educate the minds, bodies and spirits of its K through 8th grade students.
Diocesan curriculum.
Within these guidelines, activities and projects develop through the teachers' attention to the children's interests and cues.
Ongoing planning and collaboration by teachers and children together helps determine the direction taken as they work with specific educational values and objectives in mind.

St. Peter School urges you to thoroughly peruse this site to learn all about us. Saint Peter's seeks students who want the challenge of academic excellence in a loving, Christian environment. Our school consistently distinguishes itself with a strong academic curriculum, dedicated faculty, small classes, diverse extracurricular activities, and a commitment to providing excellence at an affordable price. Entwined by common purpose, the students, teachers, parents and friends of St. Peter School create an educational environment that nurtures love of learning, joy of service and a lively faith. St. Peter's will be a welcoming and loving Catholic School with the faculty, facilities, curriculum and programs to effectively nurture, develop, and educate the minds, bodies and spirits of its K through 8th grade students. Teachers use Diocesan curriculum. Within these guidelines, activities and projects develop through the teachers' attention to the children's interests and cues. Ongoing planning and collaboration by teachers and children together helps determine the direction taken as they work with specific educational values and objectives in mind.

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