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What's something Perry Central Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
734
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRY CENTRAL COM SCHOOLS CORP·NCES 180174000232
Perry Central Elementary School
18677 Old SR 37, Leopold, IN 47551 · (812) 843-5122 · Perry County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL734 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Indiana public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
307 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 82 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 39% larger than its 6th grade class (77).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 57% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Perry Central Elementary School→Perry Central Jr-Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Perry Central Com Schools Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
38.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
58.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Perry Central Elementary School
Perry Central Elementary School's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Central Elementary School this school | 734 | 41.8% | 46.4% |
| South Knox Elementary School Vincennes | 653 | 43.2% | 49.6% |
| East Elementary School Pendleton | 687 | 39.3% | 56.5% |
| Eastern Elementary School Greentown | 727 | 39.9% | 46.8% |
| Alexandria Monroe Elementary School Alexandria | 754 | 41.5% | 45.4% |
| Edgewood Intermediate School Bloomington | 619 | 41.2% | 51.0% |
Matched among Indiana elementary 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 Perry Central Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #377 of 983 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #270 of 986 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #498 of 986 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 734 | #58 of 1,079 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #937 of 991 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.2% | #984 of 996 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.8% | #756 of 1,058 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #236 of 353 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
734
+43 (+6%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 708
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 734 | 38 | 19.3:1 | 42% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 722 | 36.5 | 19.8:1 | 42% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 703 | 34 | 20.7:1 | 43% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 691 | 28 | 24.7:1 | 37% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 30.1 | 23.1:1 | 44% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 686 | 29 | 23.7:1 | 41% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 33 | 19.5:1 | 37% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 623 | 34 | 18.3:1 | 25% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 708 | 33 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perry Central Elementary School.
About Perry Central Elementary School
In Leopold, Indiana, part of Perry County, Perry Central Elementary School is an elementary school. There are 734 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6. That compares with an average of about 436 students for elementary schools in Indiana.
Perry Central Elementary School falls under Perry Central Com Schools Corp, which has 2 schools enrolling 1,275 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Perry Central Elementary School is White, at 96%. The school is also 2% multiracial. Among Perry County residents, the White share is about 93%. The diversity index for Perry Central Elementary School is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 38 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 19.3:1. Compared with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 42% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Perry Central Elementary School outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Perry Central Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 46.4% actual, 45.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Indiana.
The school's county is Perry County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $61,151, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Perry County's 5 public schools enroll about 2,842 students and include Perry Central Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Perry Central Jr-Sr High School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Perry Central Elementary School ranks 3rd of 9 on average proficiency.
Perry Central Elementary School is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
Enrollment increased 6% over 4 years, reaching 734 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.7:1 to 19.3:1.
On allk12, people connected to Perry Central Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Perry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,270
Census ACS
Median income
$61,151
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
2,842 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perry Central Com Schools Corp
- Perry Central Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 541 students
Nearby schools
- Perry Central Jr-Sr High School0.0 mi · 541
- William Tell Elementary School12.8 mi · 734
- Tell City Jr-Sr High School13.9 mi · 617
- West Crawford Elementary School15.3 mi · 170
- South Crawford Elementary School15.7 mi · 145
- Nancy Hanks Elementary School15.8 mi · 296
Frequently asked questions
About Perry Central Elementary SchoolHow large is Perry Central Elementary School?
Perry Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 734 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Perry Central Elementary School serve?
Perry Central Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Perry Central Elementary School?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Perry Central Elementary School.
How diverse is Perry Central Elementary School?
Perry Central Elementary School reports a student body of 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Perry Central Elementary School?
Perry Central Elementary School is overseen by Perry Central Com Schools Corp in Perry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.