Perryville Senior High School
Public high school in Perryville, Missouri · Perry County 32 School District · Grades 9–12
Perryville Senior High School serves 743 students in grades 9–12 in Perryville (Perry County). It is one of 4 schools in Perry County 32 School District. By enrollment it is the 125th largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 18.2 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Missouri high school (12.2).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 558 Missouri high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Perry County 32 School District |
| County | Perry County |
| Area type | Town, distant |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 292453002387 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Perry County 32 | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 743 | 2,103 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 18.2 | 12.5 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 44.5% | 51.4% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 95% of Missouri high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Perryville Senior High School in context
Size
Perryville Senior High School is the only high school in Perry County 32 School District. Its 743 students are 35.3% of the district's 2,103. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 25.5 miles away and have a median of 415 students, so Perryville Senior High School is larger than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 12 with 220 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 160, against an average of 186 per grade. This year grade 12 has 38% more students than grade 9 (220 against 160). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
White students are the largest group, at 90.4% of enrollment, about the same share as across Perry County 32 (87.4%). Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
44.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 51.4% across Perry County 32 and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 15.5% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Perryville Senior High School has 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.2 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 743 students would have about 60.9 teachers, so Perryville Senior High School has 20.1 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
NCES classifies its location as town, distant, which means it is in a town 10 to 35 miles from an urbanized area. The nearest other high school is Meadow Heights High School, 15.6 miles away in Meadow Heights R-II School District. No other high school is within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 90.4% |
| Hispanic | 6.6% |
| Asian | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |
| Black | 0.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.1% |
46.7% of students are girls and 53.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 160 |
| Grade 10 | 170 |
| Grade 11 | 193 |
| Grade 12 | 220 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
326 College St, Perryville, MO 63775
Phone: (573)547-7500
Website: pcsd32.com
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Perryville Senior High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Heights High School | Meadow Heights R-II | 15.6 mi | 158 | 11.7 | 46.2% |
| Oak Ridge High School | Oak Ridge R-VI | 16.6 mi | 183 | 10.4 | 35% |
| Ste. Genevieve Senior High School | Ste. Genevieve County R-II | 21.0 mi | 566 | 12.4 | 39.6% |
| Fredericktown High School | Fredericktown R-I | 25.2 mi | 611 | 14.4 | 50.2% |
| Jackson Senior High School | Jackson R-II | 25.7 mi | 1,830 | 16.8 | 33.2% |
| Marquand-Zion High School | Marquand-Zion R-VI | 26.1 mi | 56 | 5.7 | 19.6% |
| Woodland High School | Woodland R-IV | 29.4 mi | 263 | 13.4 | 50.2% |
| Farmington Senior High School | Farmington R-VII | 31.8 mi | 1,354 | 15.7 | 45.7% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Perry County 32
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry County Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 439 |
| Perryville Elementary School | Elementary | 3–5 | 429 |
| Perryville Primary Center | Elementary | Pre-K–2 | 492 |