Troops were mobilised after militants wearing security uniforms entered the Army Public School and began firing on students.
School children were forced to flee the scene after five or six militants opened fire on classrooms.
Some younger children were escorted away from the scene by Pakistani army soldiers.
The injured were ferried to at least two hospitals in the city.
The dead are said to include teachers and a paramilitary soldier.
The army said most of the school's 500 students were evacuated, but it remained unclear how many hostages were being held.
Roads around the army-run school were sealed off to allow security forces to surround the area.
While armed troops surrounded the site, gunfire and explosions were reportedly heard from the school.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters are thought to have died in a recent military offensive. A Taliban spokesman said the assault was in response to army operations.
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