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41°50′19″N 94°06′23″W / 41.838652°N 94.106330°W / 41.838652; -94.106330

Perry Community School District
Location
Perry, Iowa
Dallas, Boone, and Greene counties
United States
Coordinates41.838652, −94.106330
District information
TypeLocal school district
GradesK-12
SuperintendentClark Wicks
Schools3
Budget$27,188,000 (2017–18)[1]
NCES District ID1922530[1]
Students and staff
Students1780 (2019–20)[1]
Teachers132.13 FTE[1]
Staff130.58 FTE[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.47[1]
Athletic conferenceHeart of Iowa Conference
District mascotBluejay
ColorsBlue and white
   
Other information
Websitewww.perry.k12.ia.us

The Perry Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Perry, Iowa, United States.

The district is mostly in northern Dallas County, with a smaller area in Boone County, and a small portion of Greene County. The district serves Perry and the surrounding rural areas, including the towns of Dawson and Bouton.[2]

Clark Wicks has been superintendent since 2017, after serving as the part-time superintendent at Orient-Macksburg Community School District. He formerly served as the principal at Perry Elementary from 1989 to 2012.[3]

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Schools

Perry High School

Athletics

The Bluejays compete in the Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference in the following sports:[4]

Fall sports

Winter sports

Spring sports

Shooting

A mass shooting occurred on January 4, 2024, at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, United States. A 17-year-old student at the high school shot five students and three staff members before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. One of the wounded students, a sixth-grader, died the same day and one of the shot staff members, principal Dan Marburger, died 10 days later from injuries sustained during the shooting.[9] It was the first school shooting of 2024.[10]

The shooting occurred during a morning breakfast program at the school. The shooter, Dylan Butler, was armed with a pump-action shotgun, a small-caliber handgun and an improvised explosive device.[11]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Perry Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "FY20 PERRY" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "Wicks to be new superintendent for Perry schools". the Perry News. April 13, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  4. ^ "Raccoon River Conference". Raccoon River Conference. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Basketball Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. January 29, 2020.
  6. ^ "All Time State Tournament Results" (PDF). Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. pp. 10–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  7. ^ "2020 Track & Field Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 16, 2019.
  8. ^ "2019–20 Golf Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 16, 2019.
  9. ^ McFetridge, Scott; Ahmed, Trisha (January 14, 2024), "Iowa principal who risked his life to protect students during a high school shooting has died", Associated Press, retrieved January 14, 2024
  10. ^ Paquette, Danielle (January 5, 2024), "Terror in small-town Iowa as gunfire erupts at Perry High School", The Washington Post, ISSN 0190-8286, retrieved January 14, 2024
  11. ^ "17-year-old kills sixth grader, wounds five others in Iowa school shooting, police say", Associated Press, January 4, 2024, retrieved January 8, 2024

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