Summary:
Perry has one listed elementary school, Perry Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 6 and enrolling 573 students. Its 2025–26 results were above Oklahoma’s statewide proficiency rates in English language arts (ELA), mathematics, and science. The clearest strength is mathematics: 56% were proficient, 31 percentage points above the state, with Perry ahead in every tested grade.
Because it is the only school listed, Perry is not meaningfully a leader or a laggard among local schools. Within the school, however, mathematics stands out: proficiency ranged from 41% in grade 5 to 78% in grade 4, and every tested grade exceeded the state result. ELA was less consistent, ranging from 25% in grade 5 to 46% in grades 4 and 6; grade 5 was 3 points below the state, while the other reported grades were above it. In the latest all-grade results, ELA was 38% versus 26% statewide, and science was 39% versus 30% statewide.
Results shifted unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: math rose from 54% to 56%, while ELA fell from 44% to 38% and science from 51% to 39%. Perry’s state advantage therefore grew in math, from 28 to 31 points, but narrowed in ELA from 18 to 12 points and in science from 21 to 9. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile rose from 82 in 2023–24 to 93 in 2024–25, then fell to 86 in 2025–26. Context figures include a 13.8:1 student-teacher ratio and 64% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; chronic absenteeism was 9% in 2025–26, below the Perry district’s 11% and the state’s 16%. These details describe the school, but the one-school list does not allow comparison with local peers.
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