Peru High School (New York)

Peru Senior High School
Address
17 School St Peru , (Clinton County) , New York 12972 United States
Coordinates	44°34′57″N73°32′04″W / 44.5826°N 73.5345°W / 44.5826; -73.5345
Information
School type	high school
Motto	"Preparing our Students for Success" [1]
School district	Peru Central School District
NCES District ID	3622830 [2]
Superintendent	Scott Storms
CEEB code	334490
NCES School ID	362283003209 [3]
Principal	Matt Berry
Faculty	84.82 (FTE) [4]
Grades	7 – 12
Gender	Coeducational [3]
Enrollment	1,014 (2018-19) [4]
Student to teacher ratio	11.95 [4]
Language	English
Schedule	7:28am-2:08pm
Hours in school day	7
Color(s)	Blue, White, and Black
Website	www.perucsd.org/Domain/13

Peru Senior High School is a public high school located in Peru, Clinton County, New York, U.S.A., and is the only high school operated by the Peru Central School District.

In July 2020, the school board voted to retire the Indians mascot, replacing it with the Nighthawks in 2021. ^{[5] [6]}

The district (of which this is the sole comprehensive high school) includes the census-designated places of Peru and Parc, as well as a portion of the Morrisonville census-designated place. The district includes most of the Town of Peru as well as portions of the following towns: Au Sable, Black Brook, Plattsburgh, Saranac, and Schuyler Falls. ^[7]

Athletics

In 2001, the Peru High School football team was the class B New York State Champions. ^[8]

Footnotes

1. "Peru Junior/Senior High / Homepage". Archived from the original on March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
2. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Peru Central School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved December 25, 2012.
3. "Search for Public Schools - Peru Senior High School (362283003209)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved December 25, 2012.
4. "Peru High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
5. Russell, Emily. "Peru Central School to retire Indians mascot". NCPR. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
6. "Peru School District Introduces New 'Nighthawks' mascot". myNBC5. May 19, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
7. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Clinton County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved October 16, 2024. - Text list
8. "NYSPHSAA > Sports > Football > Past Champions". www.nysphsaa.org. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2016.