PERRYVILLE SR. HIGH

As a mid-tier senior high in PERRYVILLE, Missouri, PERRYVILLE SR. HIGH works with 743 students from grades 9 through 12, run under PERRY CO. 32. Enrollment runs roughly 48% bigger than the state mean of about 501.

Across the 4 schools in PERRY CO. 32 (2,103 students total), PERRYVILLE SR. HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, PERRYVILLE SR. HIGH logs that nearly all students (90%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Perry County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PERRYVILLE SR. HIGH has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PERRYVILLE SR. HIGH is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.4%; PERRYVILLE SR. HIGH posts 18.3%, -32.2 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Perry County put median household income runs about $62,981, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PERRYVILLE SR. HIGH is one of 6 public schools in Perry County (combined enrollment of about 2,216 students).

PERRY CO. MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PERRYVILLE SR. HIGH comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.0%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 768 students in 2018 compared to 743 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 95% to 90% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.