Perry, Missouri
Perry County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Feb 28, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: May 2016
Maintained 1: Jun 2022
Maintained 2: Dec 2024
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Perry is actively engaged in maintaining their status as a Work Ready Community. To do so, they must earn 5 points that prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees.
Traditional goals 3 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
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Emerging | High School | 801 | 169 | 348 | 195 | 89 | 0 |
College | 107 | 9 | 54 | 39 | 5 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 148 | 37 | 78 | 28 | 5 | + |
Public | 87 | 29 | 35 | 20 | + | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 223 | 35 | 116 | 53 | 19 | 17 | |
Recent Veteran | + | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1369 | 279 | 633 | 336 | 121 | 21 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 801 | 169 | 348 | 195 | 89 | 0 |
College | 107 | 9 | 54 | 39 | 5 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 148 | 37 | 78 | 28 | 5 | + |
Public | 87 | 29 | 35 | 20 | + | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 223 | 35 | 116 | 53 | 19 | 17 | |
Recent Veteran | + | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1369 | 279 | 633 | 336 | 121 | 21 |
The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.
+ Value less than 4
ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Feb 28, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 234 | 908 |
✓
Current |
98 | 238 |
✓ Transitioning | 171 | 244 |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
Workforce | Total |
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Total Employers | 39 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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Not Earned | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 108 | 9 | 1 | |
Silver | 96 | 5 | ||
Gold | 35 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Perry County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Perry County School District 32
Participating High Schools
These Perry County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Perry County School District 32
Contact Us
For more information on Perry County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Perry County Economic Development Authority
573-547-1097
Employers in Perry County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Parkland Health Center
- First State Community Bank
- Robinson Construction Company
- Mississippi Lime Company
- Workforce Investment Board of SE MO
- Southeast Missouri State University
- Sabreliner Aviation
- Perry County Economic Development
Authority Perryville Area Career & Technology
Center- The Bank of Missouri
- City of Perryville
Perryville Overhead Door
- Mary Jane Burgers & Brew
- Wal-Mart
- Perryville Chamber of Commerce
- Baer Engineering
- Gilster-Mary Lee Corp
- TG Missouri
- Perry County Memorial Hospital
Workforce Development Board of Southeast
MO- Erb Equipment Company
- Bug Zero
Perry County Economic Development
Authority- City of Perryville
- Perry County
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