Perrydale School

Perrydale School is one of the intimate all-grades campuss in Amity, Oregon, run under Perrydale SD 21, with 319 students on its rolls from grades K through 12.

Perrydale School is a school of Perrydale SD 21, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Perrydale School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder looks like 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.5:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Polk County's rate of about 84%.

With demographic context factored in, Perrydale School is in the bottom 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 44.2%; Perrydale School posts 28.6%, -15.6 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate median household income runs about $85,118, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Polk County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,121 students), of which Perrydale School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Amity Middle School, around 5.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Perrydale School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 21.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Perrydale School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 316 (now 319).

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.