Summary:
Perry Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Lima, Ohio, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 406 students. The school is part of the Lima City school district, which is ranked 477 out of 835 districts in Ohio and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Perry Elementary has a more diverse student population compared to the surrounding schools, with a higher percentage of African American (22.91%) and multi-racial (16.75%) students. However, the school's academic performance, as measured by state test scores, is generally lower than the state and local district averages. For example, in 2022-2023, the school's proficiency rates in Math and English Language Arts were below the state and district averages across all grade levels. Additionally, Perry Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 4.1% in 2019-2020 to 19.0% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the state average and the surrounding schools. The school also has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 72.66% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023.
Compared to the nearby schools, such as Cridersville Elementary School, Perry Elementary has lower academic performance, higher chronic absenteeism, and a higher percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. Over the past several years, Perry Elementary's statewide ranking has steadily declined, from 978 out of 1,676 Ohio elementary schools in 2018-2019 to 1,006 out of 1,596 in 2022-2023, suggesting that the school's performance is not keeping pace with other schools in the state. While the school's African American students have performed relatively better than the school's overall performance, the White students and multi-racial students have struggled, with their rankings among Ohio's elementary schools for those subgroups declining over the same period.
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Detail:
Public K-6
District:
Perry Local
SchoolDigger Rank:
1006th of 1,596 Ohio Elementary Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,762
Students who attend Perry Elementary School usually attend:
Student/teacher ratio: 16.2
Number of students: 406
Racial breakdown:
White:
58.1%
African American:
22.9%
Two or more races:
16.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients: 72.7%
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