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Perkins High School Profile

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

  • 84% of the Class of 2022 (127) took the SAT®

  • 41% of the Class of 2021 (61) took the ACT

Advanced Placement Results

  • In May 2021, 91 took AP Exams

  • A total of 141 exams were taken in 11 subjects

  • 61% of the AP Exams received scores of 3 or higher

Post High School Placement

  • 65% matriculated to 4-year colleges

  • 15% matriculated to 2-year institutions

  • 20% selected work, military service, or technical instruction

Awards and Distinctions, 2021-22

  • 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