History
West Perry School District was formed in 1963 from the consolidation of several smaller school districts: Green Park Union, Blain Union, and Perry Joint. The official consolidation took place on July 1, 1964. West Perry High School previously served as Green Park Union High School. West Perry Middle School opened in 1967 as Green Park Elementary.
Blain Elementary School was constructed in 1927 as a grades 1 through 12 school. Carroll Elementary, constructed around 1954, is located in Carroll Township along state Route 34 between New Bloomfield and Shermans Dale. New Bloomfield Elementary, located in the borough of Bloomfield, was constructed in 1950 as Perry Joint High School. It later served as a middle school from the creation of West Perry School District until 2003, at which time the middle school and Green Park Elementary switched functions.
Green and white were selected as the school colors because at the time of the 1963 consolidation, Green Park Union (whose colors were green and white) had just purchased new band uniforms and the district did not want to replace them. Green Park Union's mascot was the Green Hornets. School colors for Perry Joint (located in New Bloomfield) were maroon and grey, with the mascot being the Bobcats.
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