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Schools in Perla

Perla’s public schools

Malvern Special School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Perla. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Arkansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Arkansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
24%
2021–22
Math proficiency
23%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.5K
▲ 14% vs AR $13.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.1
AR 12.4
Schools in town
0
1,604 students on the public path
In brief

Perla’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Perla’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Malvern Elementary School places highest (better than 21%); Malvern High School lowest (13%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Perla, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Malvern Elementary Schoolin MalvernC−
7–8Malvern Middle Schoolin MalvernC−
9–12Malvern High Schoolin MalvernD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Malvern Special School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Malvern Special School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,876 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 12.1 per teacher (AR 12.4)
$15,541AR $13,585 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading24%
State average 39.9% · 1140 students tested
Math23%
State average 38.3% · 1146 students tested

Perla vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Perla’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Perla—Malvern Special
MalvernCMalvern Special

Every school in Perla

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Perlain other towns
Malvern Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Malvern
C−
781 students17:1Rate it →
Malvern Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Malvern
C−
264 students9:1Rate it →
Malvern High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Malvern
D
559 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Perla’s schools

Are Perla’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Perla. Malvern Special School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Perla. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Perla in?

Malvern Special School District.

Where do Perla kids go to high school?

Malvern High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.