Perry High School

GILBERT · AZ · Chandler Unified District #80 (4242) · Public · K-12 combined

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📚AP rigor: 80th percentile nationally 📖27 AP courses 🎓96% 4-yr grad rate

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 27 AP courses offered — Elite
  • 🔢 2 calculus classes · 3 physics · 3 chemistry
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: 80th percentile nationally
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 95th percentile by test-taker volume
  • 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 96% (82th percentile nationally)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Perry High School compares for families

Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.

  • StatewideAP rigor in the top 20% nationally with 27 AP courses.
  • LocallyAZ sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Arizona College Prep High School, Basha High School, Williams Field High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🎓 Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth

80th percentile nationally

50th 90th ↑ this school
Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor
AP courses offered
27
Math ✓ · Science ✓
Students taking AP courses
792
≈33 per 100 students · uptake, not just offerings
Advanced math classes
10
2 calculus · 8 advanced
Lab science classes
6
3 physics · 3 chemistry
Other rigor signals
No dual-enrollment or gifted program reported

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

95th percentile by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
591
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
24.9
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

82th percentile nationally

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
96%
Single-point estimate
4-year cohort size
948
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
4.8%
Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
10.8%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

🏛️ Your state's public flagship

University of Arizona

86%
admit rate
$13,926
in-state tuition/yr · $42,278 out-of-state
1160–1420
SAT 25–75 · ACT 21–30

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,674/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full University of Arizona profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
297:1
Above the ASCA 250:1 target but below the US median (~430:1). Capacity is workable.
Counselor FTE
8.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
153
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 911 in 2021 to 636 in 2024 — over 3 years.
-30.2%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -9.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,373 students:

2025
2,157
2027
1,782
2029
1,473

≈ 900 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue at risk

At $11,338 per student in district revenue, the 900 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $10,204,200/year in funding at risk.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Arizona College Prep High School
CHANDLER
Public 2.4 2,271 +85.4%
Basha High School
CHANDLER
Public 2.9 2,479 +2.4%
Williams Field High School
Gilbert
Public 3.9 2,150 +9.4%
Campo Verde High School
GILBERT
Public 1.4 1,863 -4.3%
Gilbert High School
GILBERT
Public 6.1 2,296 +0.0%
Higley High School
GILBERT
Public 3.6 2,005 -7.8%
Dr. Camille Casteel High School
QUEEN CREEK
Public 4.7 1,963 -9.3%
Queen Creek High School
QUEEN CREEK
Public 8.4 1,968 -15.9%

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