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Enrollment
443
Middle
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRY LOCAL·NCES 390479003038
Perry Middle School
2 Learning Ln, Perry, OH 44081 · (440) 259-9500 · Lake County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
127 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 101 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 123 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 126 | 28% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
74.8%
OH avg 59.8% . +7.4pp since 2021
Math
72.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +10.7pp 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 73 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.8% | 72.5% |
| 2023-24 | 74.3% | 70.8% |
| 2022-23 | 74.5% | 70.1% |
| 2021-22 | 67.4% | 61.8% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
74.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 →
Schools most like Perry Middle School
Perry Middle School's state test result (74.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Middle School this school | 443 | 28.7% | 74.4% |
| Eastwood Middle School Pemberville | 365 | 30.1% | 79.7% |
| Liberty-Benton Middle School Findlay | 462 | 24.2% | 82.0% |
| Hayes Intermediate School Grove City | 464 | 30.4% | 76.2% |
| Canaan Middle School Plain | 354 | 33.1% | 77.7% |
| Jonathan Alder Junior High Plain City | 382 | 34.0% | 80.8% |
Matched among Ohio middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Perry Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #135 of 316 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #251 of 637 ▲ 13 | #4 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #164 of 637 ▼ 14 | #4 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.1pp | #73 of 629 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #320 of 654 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #367 of 577 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.7% | #292 of 579 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #221 of 319 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #167 of 410 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
443
-41 (-8%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 377
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 443 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 29% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 26.5 | 16.4:1 | 28% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 27.3 | 16.9:1 | 22% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 33 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 27.8 | 18.5:1 | 25% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 29 | 19.7:1 | 28% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 39% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 9% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 377 | 22 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perry Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (513 to 443); teachers down 10% (27.8 to 25).
About Perry Middle School
Perry Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school with an address in Perry, Ohio. The school counted 443 students in 2024-25, covering grades 5 through 8.
Perry Local runs Perry Middle School along with 2 other schools, enrolling 1,490 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Perry Middle School, about 83 are White. The remaining students are 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put Lake County at about 86% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 30, compared with 70 nationally.
Perry Middle School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.8:1. Middle schools in Ohio average 17.0:1, 0.7 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 29% at Perry Middle School. That rate is below the 39% average among public schools in Lake County.
Perry Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 74.4%, compared with a predicted 78.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Lake County show that median household income comes to about $80,925, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lake County counts 65 public schools with about 27,899 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Perry Middle School from the closest public school, Perry Elementary School. The five-mile area around Perry Middle School holds 6 other public schools. Local comparison: Perry Middle School ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 74.4% versus a 69.3% average.
The NCES locale for Perry Middle School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Perry Middle School had a net loss of 41 students, or 8%. By 2024-25, the school had 17.8 students per teacher, compared with 14.7 in 2020-21.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
232,216
Census ACS
Median income
$80,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
27,899 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perry Local
- Perry Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Perry High SchoolHigh · 509 students
- Perry Virtual Learning SchoolCombined
Other schools in Perry
- Perry Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Perry High SchoolHigh · 509 students
- Perry Virtual Learning SchoolCombined
Other Perry Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Perry Middle. Perry Middle School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Perry Middle SchoolWorthington, OH · 528 students
- Perry Middle SchoolPerry, GA · 1,164 students
- Perry Middle SchoolCARROLLTON, TX · 825 students
- Perry Middle SchoolPerry, IA · 370 students
Nearby schools
- Perry Elementary School0.2 mi · 538
- Perry High School0.2 mi · 509
- Madison Middle School3.5 mi · 605
- Madison High School3.8 mi · 818
- Riverside Preschool3.8 mi · 142
- South Elementary School4.8 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About Perry Middle SchoolHow many students attend Perry Middle School?
Perry Middle School enrolls approximately 443 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Perry Middle School serve?
Perry Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Perry Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Perry Middle School is approximately 17.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Perry Middle School?
Student demographics at Perry Middle School are roughly 83% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Perry Middle School public or private?
Perry Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Perry Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.