Perry Middle School

Perry Middle School is one of the moderately sized middle schools in Perry, Ohio, one of the schools within Perry Local, with 443 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8.

Within Perry Local, which oversees 12 schools and 6,638 students, Perry Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Perry Middle School lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Perry Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 29% of students at Perry Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Lake County's rate of about 39%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Perry Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 78.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $80,925 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Lake County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,899 students), of which Perry Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Perry Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Perry Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Perry Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 69.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 513 students in 2018 compared to 443 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Perry Middle School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.