Perry Public Schools

Perry Public Schools includes three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Lecompton Elementary, Perry-Lecompton Middle and Perry Lecompton High. Results vary substantially by school and subject: in 2025–26, all-grades ELA ranged from 39% to 63%, while math ranged from 31% to 58%. The clearest overall strength is the elementary school’s lead in both ELA and math, while middle-school math is the area’s weakest result.

Lecompton Elementary stands out, with 63% proficiency in ELA and 58% in math—17 percentage points above Kansas in each subject. Perry-Lecompton Middle leads the two schools with 2025–26 science scores, at 42%, compared with 32% at Perry Lecompton High and 38% statewide. At the lower end, middle-school math was 31%, 10 points below the state; high-school ELA was 39%, 7 points below. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings also put the elementary school highest (125 of 657, 81st percentile, 4 stars), followed by the high school (151 of 340, 56th percentile, 3 stars) and the middle school (259 of 368, 30th percentile, 2 stars).

Scores improved overall, but not uniformly. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, math rose 16 percentage points at Lecompton Elementary and 8 at Perry Lecompton High, but fell 2 at Perry-Lecompton Middle; the average school-to-state gap in math improved by 5 points. The high school’s ELA rose 9 points, while gains at the other schools were smaller. Context also differs: student–teacher ratios range from 13.1 at the elementary school to 14.0 at the high school, and free/reduced-lunch rates range from 30% at the high school to 43% at the elementary school; these figures alone do not explain results. The high school also has a 92% graduation rate, but its chronic absenteeism is 28%, compared with 18% statewide.