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Enrollment
549
High
DISTRICT 578 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192253001355
Perry High School
1200 18th Street, Perry, IA 50220 · (515) 465-3503 · Dallas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Iowa public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 Iowa public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
299 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 41%
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 9 | 135 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 130 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 136 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 148 | 27% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 48% · 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 Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.3%
IA avg 73.6%
Math
57.7%
IA avg 70.9%
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 73 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 Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71.
Source: ISASP. 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
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 High School
Perry High School's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry High School this school | 549 | 54.5% | 67.3% |
| Clarke Community High School Osceola | 421 | 52.5% | 62.4% |
| Eagle Grove High School Eagle Grove | 329 | 54.4% | 53.6% |
| South Tama County High School Tama | 421 | 55.8% | 55.3% |
| Denison High School Denison | 777 | 64.4% | 72.3% |
| Sioux Center High School Sioux Center | 518 | 45.0% | 76.8% |
Matched among Iowa 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #223 of 313 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #270 of 314 | #9 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #221 of 314 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #81 of 340 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #155 of 259 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #35 of 260 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.5% | #33 of 320 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #79 of 125 | N/A |
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
549
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 549 | 36.6 | 15.0:1 | 54% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 38.6 | 15.3:1 | 54% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 37.7 | 15.0:1 | 56% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 40 | 13.5:1 | 51% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 41.8 | 14.1:1 | 69% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | 41 | 14.0:1 | 66% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 37 | 15.4:1 | 49% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 24% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 34 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perry High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (589 to 549); teachers down 12% (41.8 to 36.6).
About Perry High School
Perry High School is a mid-sized high school in Iowa, located in Perry. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 549 students.
Perry High School is one of 3 schools in Perry Comm School District, which enrolls 1,735 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Perry High School is 55% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 38% White and 4% Black. Dallas County as a whole is about 7% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Perry High School are from different groups.
The school has 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.0 students per teacher. Statewide, high schools in Iowa average 17.3:1. Of all students at Perry High School, 54% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 22% for public schools in Dallas County.
Perry High School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 47% of Iowa public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Perry High School falls in the middle 80% of Iowa schools: 67.3% actual against 64.7% predicted.
The school's county is Dallas County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $102,379, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 41 public schools in the county, enrolling about 22,938, Perry High School among them.
Perry High School's nearest public school is Perry Middle School (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Perry High School ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Perry High School's location as Town: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 541 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 549. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.5:1 to 15.0:1.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,968
Census ACS
Median income
$102,379
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
22,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perry Comm School District
- Perry ElementaryElementary · 816 students
- Perry Middle SchoolMiddle · 370 students
Other schools in Perry
- Perry ElementaryElementary · 816 students
- Perry Middle SchoolMiddle · 370 students
Other Perry High schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Perry High. Perry High School is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Perry High SchoolGILBERT, AZ · 2,373 students
- Perry High SchoolPerry, GA · 1,615 students
- Perry High SchoolMassillon, OH · 1,456 students
- Perry High SchoolPerry, OH · 509 students
- Perry High SchoolPerry, OK · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Perry Middle School0.0 mi · 370
- Perry Elementary0.8 mi · 816
- Woodward-Granger High School8.0 mi · 270
- Woodward-Granger Middle School8.0 mi · 248
- Woodward Academy8.8 mi · 110
- Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School12.6 mi · 586
Frequently asked questions
About Perry High SchoolHow many students attend Perry High School?
Perry High School enrolls approximately 549 students in grades 09-12.
Is Perry High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Perry High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Perry High School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Perry High School.
How diverse is Perry High School?
Perry High School reports a student body of 38% White, 55% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Perry High School?
Perry High School is overseen by Perry Comm School District in Dallas County.
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