Perry Lecompton High

Located at 404 Lecompton Rd, in Perry, Kansas, Perry Lecompton High is a compact four-year high school that educates 268 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Perry Public Schools. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Perry Lecompton High sits 35% leaner than that benchmark.

Perry Lecompton High is one of 3 schools operated by Perry Public Schools, a district that serves 800 students overall.

On demographics, Perry Lecompton High records that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Perry Lecompton High shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jefferson County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Perry Lecompton High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.9%; this one comes in at 24.1%, -23.9 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $81,278 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Jefferson County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,123 students), of which Perry Lecompton High is one.

Perry-Lecompton Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Perry Lecompton High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Perry Lecompton High at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 5%: 255 students in 2018 compared to 268 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Perry Lecompton High community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.