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What tradition at Perkins High School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
539
High
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERKINS LOCAL·NCES 390468102663
Perkins High School
3714 Campbell St, Sandusky, OH 44870 · (419) 625-1252 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
170 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Perkins Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
74.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +8.0pp since 2021
Math
62.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +17.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
539
-58 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 17.4:1
% White
80%
was 81%
% Hispanic
5%
was 5%
% Black
5%
was 6%
% Asian
1%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,581
Census ACS
Median income
$71,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perkins Local
- Furry Elementary SchoolElementary · 495 students
- Meadowlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Briar Middle SchoolMiddle · 413 students
Other schools in Sandusky
- Sandusky High SchoolHigh · 1,028 students
- The Sandusky Intermediate SchoolElementary · 892 students
- Furry Elementary SchoolElementary · 495 students
- Meadowlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Sandusky Middle SchoolMiddle · 418 students
- Briar Middle SchoolMiddle · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Briar Middle School0.2 mi · 413
- Furry Elementary School0.7 mi · 495
- Sandusky Middle School1.5 mi · 418
- Sandusky High School1.6 mi · 1,028
- The Early Learning Academy1.6 mi · 379
- The Sandusky Intermediate School1.7 mi · 892
Frequently asked questions
About Perkins High SchoolHow large is Perkins High School?
Perkins High School enrolls approximately 539 students in grades 09-12.
Is Perkins High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Perkins High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Perkins High School have?
Perkins High School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Perkins High School?
Student demographics at Perkins High School are roughly 80% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Perkins High School in?
Perkins High School is part of Perkins Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.