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Enrollment
427
High
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRYVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051134000850
PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
325 HOUSTON AVENUE, PERRYVILLE, AR 72126 · (501) 889-2326 · Perry County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Arkansas public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
246 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 64 | 15% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PERRYVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
34.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
45.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 34.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 427 | 57.6% | 32.3% |
| SALEM HIGH SCHOOL SALEM | 376 | 59.6% | 41.4% |
| DOVER HIGH SCHOOL DOVER | 375 | 54.9% | 31.7% |
| PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL PANGBURN | 326 | 56.4% | 33.7% |
| ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL ROSE BUD | 308 | 55.5% | 38.7% |
| FOUKE HIGH SCHOOL FOUKE | 349 | 54.7% | 34.6% |
Matched among Arkansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #106 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #29 of 132 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #98 of 280 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #116 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.3:1 | #92 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.0% | #211 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.6% | #168 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #107 of 133 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
427
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
was 6.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 427 | 58.2 | 7.3:1 | 58% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 56.8 | 7.7:1 | 59% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 56 | 7.7:1 | 54% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 62 | 6.8:1 | 58% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 37.5 | 11.9:1 | 35% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 39 | 11.8:1 | 53% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 42 | 11.6:1 | 43% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 36 | 12.0:1 | 24% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 22 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
About PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school that serves part of PERRYVILLE, Arkansas. Its 427 students are spread across grades 7 through 12.
PERRYVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 891 students in its 2 schools, and PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.
At PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, White students make up 92% of the student body. The school is also 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 90% White share among all Perry County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 15%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 7.3:1, with 58.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among high schools in Arkansas is 8.8:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 58% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Perry County is 66%.
PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of Arkansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.3% and a predicted 38.4%.
Across Perry County, median household income is about $55,764, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is among the 4 public schools in Perry County.
PERRYVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. There are 3 more public schools inside ten miles. On state test proficiency, PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th in a group of 5 nearby schools.
PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (421) to 2024-25 (427).
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Perry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,101
Census ACS
Median income
$55,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PERRYVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PERRYVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 464 students
Other Perryville High schools
One other US public school is named Perryville High. PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Perryville HighPerryville, MD · 858 students
Nearby schools
- PERRYVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 464
- ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.7 mi · 357
- BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL9.2 mi · 317
- MORRILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL10.1 mi · 432
- MORRILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.0 mi · 311
- MORRILTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL11.2 mi · 688
Frequently asked questions
About PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHow large is PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL?
PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 427 students in grades 07-12.
Is PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL have?
PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.3:1.
What is the student diversity at PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PERRYVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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