An equity score of 98/100 ranks Perry County #1 of 146 districts in Alabama (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,181 per pupil, Perry County ranks #3 of 147 Alabama districts by per-pupil spending (Alabama districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
935
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$21,181
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Perry County operates 2 public schools serving 935 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Alabama. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Perry County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,181 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 15 of 147 Alabama districts by per-pupil spending. See how Alabama compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 14.3% local, 53.7% state, and 32.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 98/100, ranked #1 of 146 in Alabama against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 338.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 59.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.3% African American, 0.5% White, 0.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Francis Marion School, enrolling 413 students (51% of the district's total enrollment).
Francis Marion School accounts for 44.2% of all Perry County student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Perry County-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Perry County student-counselor ratio is 339:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Perry County is typically wider than the Perry County-aggregate figure suggests.
Perry County chronic absenteeism rate is 59.0% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.