Community
Perkins Local School District, located just south of Sandusky, Ohio, serves approximately 1,900 students in preschool through grade 12. The Perkins Local School District is located in Perkins Township and also contains parts of five contingent townships (Groton, Huron, Margaretta, Milan, and Oxford.) Originally a rural school district, most of the district's students now live in a suburban setting. The district has four buildings: Furry Elementary (Grades Preschool-2), Meadowlawn Intermediate Elementary (Grades 3-5), Briar Middle School (Grades 6-8), and Perkins High School (Grades 9-12). The Perkins High School student body has a population that is 82% white, 6% two or more races, 5% Hispanic, 4% African American, and 3% Asian.
School
Perkins High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school enrolling 588 students in grades 9–12. The high school was completed in 1958 and graduated its first senior class in the spring of 1961. Perkins High School is accredited by the Ohio Department of Education. Perkins is one of the Erie County Local School Districts and serves as an associate school of EHOVE Career Center. Perkins is a member of the Sandusky Bay Conference, in the Lake Division, joining schools such as Bellevue, Clyde, Norwalk, Sandusky, Tiffin and Vermilion.
Curriculum
The academic program is organized on a modified block schedule. Seven credits per semester is the maximum course load. Perkins High School offers the following AP courses: Art Studio, Calculus AB and BC, Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, Economics, English Literature and Composition, Government and Politics: United States, Music Theory, Physics A, Psychology and World Geography. AP is an open-enrollment program. Honors classes are offered in English 1, 2, 3, 4; Geometry, Algebra 2, Pre Calculus; Physical Science, Biology, and Chemistry. Perkins High School also offers College Credit Plus options through the University of Findlay on campus for the following courses: Literature, United States History, Political Science, Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Marine Science, Physics, Statistics, Accounting and Personal Finance.
Grading and Ranking
A – Excellent B – Above average C – Average D – Below average F – Failure |
90–100 80–89 70–79 60–69 59 or below |
4 3 2 1 0 |
Rank
Students are ranked based on their weighted and unweighted grade point averages.
Grade Point Average (GPA) Calculation
GPA is computed using the above quality points. Beginning with grade nine, all subjects, whether passed or failed, are included in the computation. A minimum of 20 credits is required for graduation. AP and Honors classes are weighted by .025 point. Grades are recorded on the transcript and GPA is computed in January and May.
Class of 2022
There were 154 graduates in the Class of 2022.
GPA |
4.0+ |
3.5–3.99. |
3.0–3.49 |
2.50–2.99. |
2.0–2.49 |
less than a 2.0. |
Number students |
37 |
36 |
37 |
24 |
11 |
4 |
Standardized Test Results
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84% of the Class of 2022 (127) took the SAT®
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41% of the Class of 2021 (61) took the ACT
Advanced Placement Results
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In May 2021, 91 took AP Exams
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A total of 141 exams were taken in 11 subjects
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61% of the AP Exams received scores of 3 or higher
Post High School Placement
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65% matriculated to 4-year colleges
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15% matriculated to 2-year institutions
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20% selected work, military service, or technical instruction
Awards and Distinctions, 2021-22
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1 National Merit Semi-Finalist
College Matriculation
Colleges and Universities attended by Perkins High School graduates from the last four years
Akron University |
Art Academy of Cincinnati |
Ashland University |
Baldwin Wallace University |
Bluffton University |
Bowling Green State University |
BGSU - Firelands |
Bryant & Stratton College |
Capitol University |
Case Western Reserve University |
Cedarville University |
Central State University |
Cleveland Institute of Art |
Cleveland State University |
College of Wooster |
Columbus State Community College |
Defiance University |
DePaul University |
Firelands School of Nursing |
Florida Institute of Technology |
Harvard University |
Heidelberg University |
Hocking College |
Indiana Wesleyan University |
John Carroll University |
Kent State Tuscarawas |
Kent State University |
Kentucky State University |
Lake Erie College |
Lorain County Community College |
Lourdes University |
McPherson University |
Mercyhurst University |
Miami University |
Mount Vernon Nazarene University |
Muskingum University |
North Coast Engineering Welding & Fabrication |
Ohio Business College |
Ohio Northern University |
Ohio State University |
Ohio University |
Otterbein University |
Owens Community College |
Owens Technical College |
Sandusky Career Center |
Southeastern University |
Syracuse University |
Terra State Community College |
Tiffin University |
Toledo University |
Trine University |
United States Armed Forces |
University of Alabama- Birmingham |
University of Cincinnati |
University of Dayton |
University of Findlay |
University of Florida |
University of Louisville |
University of Michigan |
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill |
University of Wyoming |
Wake Forest University |
Western Carolina University |
Western Illinois University |
Youth with a Mission Discipleship Training School |
Contact Information
Cortney Feige
School Counselor
cfeige@perkinsschools.org
(419) 625-1252 ext 2022