📍 1600 8th Street, Perry, Dallas County, 50220
Perry Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Perry, Dallas County. The school has 815 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Laura Skeel. It is part of the Perry Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 69.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 56% of students are proficient in reading. 61% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Perry Elementary enrolls 815 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 69.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Hispanic or Latino, 43% White and 4.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 372 | 46% |
| White | 354 | 43% |
| Black or African American | 36 | 4.4% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 16 | 2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
486 of the school's 815 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 418 qualify for free lunch and 68 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Perry Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-30, state senate district 10, state house district 20.
Perry Elementary is one of 3 schools in Perry Comm School District, based in Perry, Iowa. The district serves 1,735 students district-wide and employs 133 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 815 students, Perry Elementary is larger than the district average of about 578 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant