Perry County Central High School

As a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school in Hazard, Kentucky, Perry County Central High School serves 819 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Perry County. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 47% above typical.

Perry County runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,416 students. Perry County Central High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Perry County Central High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Other groups include 2% Hispanic. Compared to Perry County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Perry County Central High School has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Perry County Central High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.3%, the actual is 30.8%, a residual of -9.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Perry County indicate median household income runs about $42,181, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 25%. Across Perry County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,432 students), Perry County Central High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Learning Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Perry County Central High School. On composite proficiency, Perry County Central High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Perry County Central High School's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 870 (now 819). Class-load math has loosened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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