Summary:
The Guy Perkins School District contains a single high school, Guy-Perkins High School, a very small rural school serving grades 7 through 12 with just 155 students.
This school presents a stark contrast in performance. On one hand, it shows a notable strength in Algebra, with a 43.4% proficiency rate that is 6.5 percentage points higher than the state average. However, this is overshadowed by a catastrophic weakness in general Mathematics, where only 6.1% of students are proficient compared to the state average of 44.1%. The school’s state ranking has also suffered a severe decline, dropping from the 62nd percentile in 2023-2024 to the bottom 20th percentile in 2025-2026, earning it a 1-star rating. While the school spends a high $16,886 per student and maintains a very low student-teacher ratio of 10.1:1, academic outcomes are among the worst in the state, with proficiency rates in Reading (30.8%), Science (31.0%), and Biology (19.0%) all significantly below state averages.
Despite a low dropout rate of 0.6%, the graduation rate of 85.0% is below the state average, suggesting many students are not mastering the material needed to earn a diploma. The extremely high free/reduced lunch rate of 92.9% indicates a student body with very high economic need, which may be a factor in the school’s struggles. The data points to a school in crisis, where high investment and small class sizes have not prevented a rapid downward spiral in academic performance, particularly in foundational math skills for younger students.
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