Perkins High School

Perkins High School is one of the mid-tier 9-12 campuss in Sandusky, Ohio, one of the schools within Perkins Local, with 539 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Perkins High School is one of 4 schools operated by Perkins Local, a district that caters to 1,868 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Perkins High School lists that 80% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 9% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Erie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 32% of students at Perkins High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Perkins High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.9%, the actual is 74.1%, a residual of -2.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Erie County indicate median household income runs about $71,993, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Erie County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,434 students), Perkins High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Briar Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Perkins High School.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 597 students in 2018 compared to 539 in 2025.

On this page, the feed for Perkins High School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.