Summary:
Perry Local is a small Ohio district with three schools — Perry Elementary School (PK–4), Perry Middle School (5–8), and Perry High School (9–12) — together serving about 1,490 students. The district as a whole ranks in the 84th percentile statewide with 4 stars, but each building is moving in a noticeably different direction.
Perry High School is the strongest of the three: 5 stars, 92nd percentile, a 96.2% graduation rate, and all six End-of-Course exams above the state average, including Geometry (+29.0 points) and Algebra I (+28.3). Perry Elementary School is the fastest improver, climbing from 3 stars to 4 stars and gaining 22 percentile points in one year, with all four tested subjects up and above state. Perry Middle School is still a 4-star school and still above state on average, but it is the only building trending down — its statewide percentile has slipped from 85 to 76 across three years, and it accounts for the only three results in the district below state: 5th grade math (−15.7 points), 5th grade science (−2.7), and 8th grade ELA (−0.5).
Two patterns matter most for families. First, transitions are the pressure points: the 5th grade entry year and the 8th grade exit year are where the middle school struggles, though 8th graders taking Algebra I scored 96.2% — the strongest math result anywhere in the district. Second, chronic absenteeism climbs steadily by grade level, from 10.6% in the elementary to 15.3% in the middle and 17.9% in the high school, even though all three buildings serve nearly identical poverty rates.
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