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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PERRY ES administration to hear?
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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRY·NCES 402385001265
Perry Elementary School
1303 North 15th Street, Perry, OK 73077 · (580) 336-2577 · Noble County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
366 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 68%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 64 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 73% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within PERRY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
47.4%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. 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
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma'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 Elementary School
Perry Elementary School's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Elementary School this school | 573 | 63.9% | 45.2% |
| John K Hubbard Elementary School Noble | 618 | 64.4% | 25.5% |
| Comanche Elementary School Comanche | 439 | 64.7% | 30.4% |
| Pioneer Elementary School Noble | 441 | 61.2% | 36.1% |
| Dewey Elementary School Dewey | 550 | 61.5% | 37.5% |
| Howe Elementary School Howe | 447 | 64.4% | 37.0% |
Matched among Oklahoma elementary 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #102 of 555 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #129 of 651 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #114 of 523 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #112 of 941 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #105 of 708 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.1% | #646 of 708 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #571 of 876 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #262 of 548 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
573
0 (0%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 715
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
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 | 573 | 41.3 | 13.9:1 | 64% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 41.8 | 13.1:1 | 60% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 39.6 | 13.9:1 | 51% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 46% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 35.2 | 19.0:1 | 54% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 41 | 17.0:1 | 61% (423) |
| 2010-11 | 705 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 61% (431) |
| 2000-01 | 590 | 31 | 19.0:1 | 29% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 715 | 42 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perry Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (670 to 573); teachers up 17% (35.2 to 41.3).
About Perry Elementary School
Perry Elementary School sits in Perry, Oklahoma, and is classified as an elementary school. The school had 573 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Oklahoma is about 366, so this school runs 57% above that.
A total of 3 schools make up PERRY, with 1,031 students enrolled.
White students are the majority at Perry Elementary School, with 73% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 10% multiracial, 8% Native American, and 6% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Perry Elementary School, 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.9:1. That is lower than the 15.6:1 average for elementary schools in Oklahoma. Roughly 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Noble County average 63%.
Perry Elementary School scores 45.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 33.7%.
Census Bureau estimates for Noble County show that the median household income is $66,365, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. There are 10 public schools in Noble County, enrolling about 2,048 students in all.
The closest public school to Perry Elementary School is Perry Junior High School, about 0.1 miles away. Perry Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. The school's 45.2% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 5 nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 573, close to the 573 recorded in 2020-21.
If you have questions about school safety, transportation, and start times at Perry Elementary School, you can post them here. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Noble County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,897
Census ACS
Median income
$66,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,048 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PERRY
- Perry High SchoolHigh · 328 students
- Perry Junior High SchoolMiddle · 130 students
Other schools in Perry
- Perry High SchoolHigh · 328 students
- Perry Junior High SchoolMiddle · 130 students
Other Perry Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Perry Elementary. Perry Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 13.
- Perry ElementaryPerry, IA · 816 students
- Perry Elementary SchoolPerry, OH · 538 students
- Perry Elementary SchoolErie, PA · 466 students
- PERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPERRY, NY · 411 students
- Perry Elementary SchoolLima, OH · 408 students
Nearby schools
- Perry Junior High School0.1 mi · 130
- Perry High School0.8 mi · 328
- Mulhall-Orlando High School10.9 mi · 63
- Frontier Elementary School13.9 mi · 244
- Frontier High School13.9 mi · 85
- Covington-Douglas Elementary School15.6 mi · 146
Frequently asked questions
About Perry Elementary SchoolHow large is Perry Elementary School?
Perry Elementary School enrolls approximately 573 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Perry Elementary School serve?
Perry Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Perry Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Perry Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Perry Elementary School?
Student demographics at Perry Elementary School are roughly 73% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Perry Elementary School?
Perry Elementary School is overseen by PERRY in Noble County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.