📍 800 Coney Street West, Perham, Otter Tail County, 56573
Perham Senior High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Perham, Otter Tail County. The school has 505 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Perham-Dent Public School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 87%. The school offers 5 AP courses, dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Perham Senior High enrolls 505 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 48% male and 52% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 3.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 411 | 81% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 57 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 3.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 11 | 2.2% |
| Black or African American | 7 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
180 of the school's 505 students (36%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 133 qualify for free lunch and 47 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.
Perham Senior High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-70, state senate district 8.
Perham Senior High is one of 4 schools in PERHAM-DENT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in PERHAM, Minnesota. The district serves 1,671 students district-wide and employs 89 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 505 students, Perham Senior High is larger than the district average of about 418 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote