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Enrollment
541
High
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 816
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRY CENTRAL COM SCHOOLS CORP·NCES 180174000234
Perry Central Jr-Sr High School
18677 Old SR 37, Leopold, IN 47551 · (812) 843-5121 · Perry County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Indiana public high schools
- B+Test 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
195 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 107 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
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
Feeds from
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
37.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
39.9%
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 40 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Jr-Sr High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Central Jr-Sr High School this school | 541 | 36.0% | 38.8% |
| South Knox Middle-High School Vincennes | 562 | 35.1% | 29.6% |
| Franklin County High Brookville | 614 | 36.8% | N/A |
| Centerville Sr High School Centerville | 518 | 36.1% | N/A |
| Triton Central High School Fairland | 472 | 34.7% | N/A |
| North Decatur Jr-Sr High School Greensburg | 441 | 37.2% | 47.9% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Perry Central Jr-Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #31 of 103 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #27 of 104 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #45 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #191 of 392 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #113 of 359 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.8% | #354 of 360 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.0% | #264 of 373 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #177 of 201 |
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
541
-37 (-6%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 541 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 36% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 44.5 | 12.5:1 | 36% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 45 | 12.9:1 | 41% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 578 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 33% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 31.1 | 17.8:1 | 39% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 36% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 32% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 15% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 511 | 27 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perry Central Jr-Sr High School.
About Perry Central Jr-Sr High School
Perry Central Jr-Sr High School is a high school in Leopold, Indiana, according to federal school records. The school's enrollment of 541 students covers grades 7 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Indiana average about 816 students each.
Perry Central Com Schools Corp counts 2 schools and 1,275 students, including Perry Central Jr-Sr High School.
White students are the large majority at Perry Central Jr-Sr High School, with 96% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 2% multiracial. The county population is about 93% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Perry Central Jr-Sr High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.2:1, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 16.6:1 average for high schools in Indiana is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Perry Central Jr-Sr High School is 36%. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Perry County is 12 points.
Perry Central Jr-Sr High School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 60% of Indiana public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Perry Central Jr-Sr High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.8% and a predicted 50.0%.
Perry County has about 19,270 residents, and median household income is about $61,151, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Perry County number 5 and enroll about 2,842.
Nearest public school: Perry Central Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Perry Central Jr-Sr High School's average proficiency of 38.8% compares with 44.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Perry Central Jr-Sr High School is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
Enrollment was 578 in 2020-21 and 541 in 2024-25, a decrease of 37 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.1:1 to 13.2:1.
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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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 734 students
Nearby schools
- Perry Central Elementary School0.0 mi · 734
- 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 Jr-Sr High SchoolHow large is Perry Central Jr-Sr High School?
Perry Central Jr-Sr High School enrolls approximately 541 students in grades 07-12.
Is Perry Central Jr-Sr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Perry Central Jr-Sr High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Perry Central Jr-Sr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Perry Central Jr-Sr High School is approximately 13.2:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Perry Central Jr-Sr High School?
Perry Central Jr-Sr High School reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Perry Central Jr-Sr High School public or private?
Perry Central Jr-Sr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Perry Central Com Schools Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.