Perry High School, Gilbert | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

I am a senior at perry high school and having experience with three different high schools I’d have to say that perry is by for the worst I have seen. Between schools security guards who overstep there boundaries, terrible teachers, and a poor functioning faculty. I see no positive things to say about this high school. The security guards are by far one of the worst things about this school, as far as I can tell they have no real purpose at the school besides telling students wether or not they are dressed appropriately and where they can and cannot park at places off of school campuses. Another problem at this school is teachers, I’ve only dealt with 6 teachers directly since I have only gone there for one year. Of those 6 teachers, one was good and that was my art teacher, 2 were incompetent at best, and half of them were, for various reasons, not suited to teach. Problems with the teachers include taking of personal property without a warning, treating students as if they were children and not adults, which most of whom are, and assigning long and pointless projects which carry a significant amount of weight to the final grade. A significant problem with this school is the office faculty, they seem to care the least when a student’s best interest is involved and the most when it comes to being controlling over the student for no peticular reason. They involve parents when they are not needed to be involved, which creates a lot of unnecessary stress, because they are not able to resolve issues on their own. I have left a one star review for this school but if it was possible I would have given it none, please do not send your children here or to any other high school in this district if possible.

I have been more than pleased with my experience at Perry so far, as a sophomore and an honors student, i have hound that the teachers are engaging, helpful and typically know their subjects very well. The counselors have been ready to help out when ever Ive needed it and in general, the front office is amazing. I’m not terribly involved, only being in a few clubs and marching band, but the groups Ive seen are amazing at what they do, whether its a sport or chess or playing an instrument, there are many talented and friendly people that attend. As for the security guards, i don’t know what to think; Ive heard bad things and good things and it seems like they get a lot of pressure to quickly stop and prevent trouble (when it does occur). From what i can tell, Perry seems like a very well off school in terms of teachers, location, lack of trouble, and student body.

This is my 2nd year at Perry, and I feel it is an awful school. My first year I had a teacher who never taught, (he actually let us be on our phones the entire class, and would not provide opportunities to learn more) in the end he actually had to curve all our grades by 15% to make sure the grades weren’t to bad. I’m not the only kid with these stories, however, many of my friends, and those I have recently met report having multiple teachers who don’t do their job, and must curve grades to keep from making the school suspicious about their abilities. The entire school ( including administration) force honors, and AP classes on students. Things like this have caused issues for every kid I know both mentally and socially. Perry is a high school, that is similar to others but it is still not a good school.