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Perry Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1600 8th Street
Perry, IA 50220
Phone
(515) 465-5656
District
Perry Comm School District
County
DALLAS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
815
Classroom Teachers
69

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

7

(10 is best)

Better than 62.3% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Perry Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
63%
71%
54%
66%
71%
75%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
85%
73%
85%
73%
85%
73%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
83%
69%
87%
68%
79%
71%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 35 4.3%
Kindergarten 137 16.8%
Grade 1 138 16.9%
Grade 2 133 16.3%
Grade 3 130 16.0%
Grade 4 129 15.8%
Grade 5 113 13.9%
Total 815 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 45.0% 42.2% 75.9%
Black 4.6% 4.9% 7.3%
Hispanic 47.3% 50.5% 13.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.0% 1.5% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.1% 0.9% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 59.6% 59.3% 41.1%
Free lunch eligible 51.3% 50.2% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.3% 9.1% 5.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 9,836 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 63.9 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.7% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.3% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.4% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.5% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 18.1% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,968 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 9.6% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.0% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 14.9% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.4% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.4% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.5% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 25.0% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.0% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.0% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 6.7% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,750 $14,043,000 45.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $311 $564,000 1.8%
Staff $977 $1,771,000 5.8%
General Administration $194 $352,000 1.1%
School Administration $785 $1,422,000 4.6%
Operation $1,138 $2,062,000 6.7%
Transportation $386 $699,000 2.3%
Other $198 $359,000 1.2%
Total Support $3,990 $7,229,000 23.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,169 $9,367,000 30.6%
Total Expenditures $16,909 $30,639,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,491 $3,832,227,000 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $784 $400,839,000 5.0%
Staff $806 $412,275,000 5.1%
General Administration $316 $161,505,000 2.0%
School Administration $727 $372,123,000 4.6%
Operation $1,129 $577,474,000 7.2%
Transportation $419 $214,335,000 2.7%
Other $407 $208,438,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,588 $2,346,989,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,653 $1,868,692,000 23.2%
Total Expenditures $15,732 $8,047,908,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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