Summary
Perrydale School is a small alternative public K–12 school in Amity, OR, serving 319 students in Perrydale School District 21, which appears to operate as a single-school district. For context, nearby alternative K–12 schools within roughly 8–18 miles include Frontier Charter Academy (341 students), Sheridan AllPrep Academy (356 students), Dallas Community Charter (251 students), and Oregon School for the Deaf (86 students); these are not perfect peers, and some have missing or suppressed data.
The school’s graduation rate is a major strength: 100.0% in 2024–25, tied with Dallas Community Charter and above Oregon’s 83.0%, Frontier Charter Academy’s 68.2%, and Sheridan AllPrep Academy’s 62.7%; Oregon School for the Deaf has no data here. Chronic absenteeism is 22.7%, better than the state’s 33.5% but higher than Frontier Charter Academy’s 10.9%, Dallas Community Charter’s 10.0%, and Sheridan AllPrep Academy’s 5.0%. In tests, all-grade ELA is 49.4% versus 43.8% state, science is 44.4% versus 30.6%, but math is 24.4% versus 32.9%. High school results are strong—11th grade ELA 75.0%, math 37.5%, science 65.4%—while early math is a clear weak spot, including 3rd-grade math under 5% versus 41.3% state.
Resources and context: Perrydale School spends $20,570 per student, far more than Frontier Charter Academy ($6,786), Dallas Community Charter ($4,836), or Sheridan AllPrep Academy ($4,994), though charter and special-purpose funding may not be comparable. Its student–teacher ratio is 17.7, lower than Dallas Community Charter’s 20.0 and Sheridan AllPrep Academy’s 24.0 but higher than Frontier Charter Academy’s 15.3 and Oregon School for the Deaf’s 4.3. The free/reduced lunch rate has risen from 27.99% in 2022–23 to 40.38% in 2023–24 and 47.34% in 2024–25, meaning about half the student body may now be economically disadvantaged. Overall, Perrydale School’s strengths are graduation, science, and high-school performance; its most actionable priorities are early and middle-school math, attendance support relative to nearby alternatives, and monitoring rising economic need.
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