The top reported proficiency rate is 100% in Science. The lowest is 43% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Commodore Perry Sch
Commodore Perry School in Hadley is a small, rural K-6 elementary serving about two hundred students in Perry Township, in the heart of northern Mercer County farmland. Almost every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, and the school's peer group is predominantly white, with very few students of color and no reported English learners or students with identified disabilities in the available data. The school sits on a shared campus with the district's 7-12 building, both located on Perry Highway in a dispersed, car-dependent rural area about fifteen miles from Interstate 79.
The school's recent test results show mixed performance. In English language arts, proficiency on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment reached just under half of tested students in grades 3-8 as of spring 2025. Math proficiency was lower, at about four in ten students meeting proficiency. Science results, reported from 2024, showed all tested students at proficiency, though the tested group was smaller than in reading and math. When comparing these results to other districts across Mercer County, Commodore Perry's overall proficiency index places it in the top quarter of the county's districts, a position that reflects the science result pulling the composite upward. Still, the math and English language arts figures warrant attention; a parent may want to ask the school directly how instruction is targeted to students falling below proficiency and what support structures exist for elementary readers and mathematicians who are not yet meeting state standards.
The school serves a community in long-term demographic transition. Perry Township has experienced persistent population decline over recent decades, with median age rising significantly and projections of further decrease. The local economy rests primarily on family-owned farms, with dairy and forage operations as the backbone. A small manufacturing presence includes Imperial Systems, an air filtration equipment maker that expanded locally in 2025. Most residents commute to nearby Mercer or as far as Youngstown, Ohio, for work. Housing values in the area are well below both state and national medians, and properties have seen recent modest declines in value. The cost of ownership, relative to median household income in the region, sits below national norms.
The township protects its agricultural character through Agricultural Security Areas, limiting development and keeping the setting rural and dispersed. There is no walkable downtown in Hadley; the community is strung along state highways and local roads. Civic life centers on the school campus itself, the township building, and the Hadley Grange Hall. Outdoor recreation draws on Shenango River Lake and Pymatuning State Park nearby. No fixed-route public transit serves the area, and the nearest commercial airport is a half-hour drive away.
Data on discipline, staffing, attendance, course offerings, special population identification rates, and multi-year academic trends were not available in the school's public reporting. The school does not serve high school grades, so no graduation rate applies. The district has made no recent high-profile changes in strategy, curriculum, or consolidation activity that came to light in available sources.
Commodore Perry is a neighborhood school in a stable but shrinking rural place, drawing from a tight peer group with significant economic hardship. Its academic standing within the county suggests capacity, yet its elementary reading and math proficiency rates merit direct conversation with school leaders about instruction and intervention design.
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