Best High Schools in Perry, OH

Perry, Ohio is home to a single high school, Perry High School, part of the Perry Local district. It serves grades 9–12 with 509 students. Because it is the only high school in the city, there are no other Perry high schools to compare it against; the most useful comparisons are between the school, its district, and Ohio overall. The data cover several different years: test scores are reported for 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, graduation and chronic absenteeism for 2025–2026, free/reduced lunch and student-teacher ratio for 2024–2025, and per-student spending for 2018–2019. No test values were suppressed, so all listed scores are exact.

Perry High School is a standout performer. In 2025–2026 it ranked 66th of 795 Ohio high schools — the 92nd percentile, with 5 stars — up from 113th of 855 (87th percentile, 4 stars) and 103rd of 864 (88th percentile, 4 stars) in the prior two years. The Perry Local district ranked 127th of 773 districts (84th percentile, 4 stars), so the high school outranks its district overall. The school beat Ohio's proficiency rate in all six End-of-Course subjects in both years. Its 2025–2026 subject average was about 84.7% versus roughly 63.2% statewide, a gap of about 21.5 points, and essentially level with the district's 85.0%. Margins over the state were largest in Geometry (+29.0 points) and Algebra I (+28.3), and smallest in American Government (+14.9). American History posted the biggest year-over-year gain, rising 11.8 points from 78.6% to 90.4%. Algebra I improved 9.2 points to 89.9%, though it trails the district's 91.3% by 1.4 points. Geometry slipped 5.4 points, from 77.7% to 72.3%, while remaining 29.0 points above the state.

Other metrics offer context rather than state comparisons. The graduation rate is 96.2%, identical for school and district. Chronic absenteeism is 17.9% at the school versus 14.6% in the district — 3.3 points higher. Free/reduced lunch is 28.09%, the student-teacher ratio is 17.4, and per-student spending is $13,373, though that spending figure is from 2018–2019 and should not be treated as current. Watch items are the Geometry decline, the slight Algebra I gap versus the district, and the higher absenteeism rate.