Perry Community School District

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Public school district in Perry, Iowa, United States

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
Coordinates| 41.838652, −94.106330
District information
Type| Local school district
Grades| K-12
Superintendent| Clark Wicks
Schools| 3
Budget| $27,188,000 (2017–18)[1]
NCES District ID| 1922530[1]
Students and staff
Students| 1780 (2019–20)[1]
Teachers| 132.13 FTE[1]
Staff| 130.58 FTE[1]
Student–teacher ratio| 13.47[1]
Athletic conference| Heart of Iowa Conference
District mascot| Bluejay
Colors| Blue and white

Other information
Website| www.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[edit]

* Perry Elementary School
* Perry Middle School
* Perry High School

## Perry High School[edit]

### Athletics[edit]

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

#### Fall sports[edit]

* Cross country (boys' and girls')
* Swimming (girls')
* Volleyball (girls')
* Football

#### Winter sports[edit]

* Basketball (boys' and girls')
* Boys' – 1988 Class 2A State Champions[5]
* Girls' – 2-time State Champions (1930, 2002)[6]
* Wrestling
* Swimming (boys')

#### Spring sports[edit]

* Track and field
* Boys' – 1962 Class A State Champions[7]
* Golf
* Boys' – 1983 Class 3A State Champions[8]
* Soccer
* Baseball
* Softball

### Shooting[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Perry High School shooting.[edit]

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 shot 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[edit]

* Sam Brinton

## See also[edit]

* List of school districts in Iowa
* List of high schools in Iowa

## References[edit]

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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* Perry Community School District

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