{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Perry Meridian High School | image = PMHS Entrance.jpg | motto = | location = 401 West Meridian School Road | city = Indianapolis | county = Marion County | state = Indiana | zipcode = 46217 | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|39|38|52|N|86|09|58|W|type:edu|display=inline,title}} | type = Public high school | established = 1972 | us_nces_school_id = {{NCES School ID|180882001464|school_name=Perry Meridian High School|access_date=May 28, 2024|ref_name=NCES}} | principal = Kert Boedicker | teaching_staff = 129.33 {{FTE}}<ref name=NCES/> | grades = 9–12 | ratio = 18.35<ref name=NCES/> | enrollment = 2,373<ref name=NCES/> | athletic_conference = Mid-State Conference | team_name = Falcons | rival = Southport High School | website = {{URL|http://www.perryschools.org/ph/|PMHS}} | enrollment_as_of = 2023-24 | colors = {{color box|navy}}{{color box|#B0E0E6}}{{color box|silver}} }} '''Perry Meridian High School''' is a high school in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is one of two public high schools serving grades nine through twelve in the Perry Township, along with Southport High School. Enrollment surpassed 2,350 students during the 2019–2020 school year, with Asian, African-American, Hispanic and multi-racial students making up a slight majority of the high school population.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://inview.doe.in.gov/schools/1053405307/population | title=Perry Meridian High School (5307) | Indiana }}</ref> More than 20,000 Burmese (Chin) refugees and extended family members have moved to the Southside since 2000,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/arts-and-culture/circle-city/welcome-to-chindianapolis | title=Welcome to Chindianapolis | date=12 December 2020 }}</ref> boosting Perry Meridian's Asian-American population above 25 percent overall by 201
Perry Meridian High School is part of Perry Township Schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msdpt.k12.in.us|title=Perry Township Schools|access-date=2007-03-24|publisher=MSDPT|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214114857/http://www.msdpt.k12.in.us/|archive-date=2007-12-14}}</ref>
The school colors are Navy Blue, Powder Blue and Silver. The school mascot is the Falcon.
==History== Perry Meridian opened its doors in the fall of 1973 under principal James Head. Students and teachers came from Southport High School, which had been the only high school in Perry Township. Perry Meridian only enrolled grades 9-11 during its first year. Southport students picked the school colors and mascot for Perry during the 1972–73 school year.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}
==Notable alumni== *Russ Bertram – National Championship diver for Indiana University and dive coach for Arizona State from 2006 to 2013 and at Denison University after 2013.<ref name=swimswam>{{cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/big-red-hires-bertram-head-diving-coach/|title=Saiz, Hannah, October 8, 2013, Big Red Hires Bertram as Head Diving Coach|website=swimswam.com|date=October 9, 2013 |access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref><ref name=birthday>"Bennet, Brian, "Indianapolis Native to Grace Some Life Magazine Covers", ''The Indianapolis News'', Indianapolis, Indiana, June 18, 1996, page 5</ref> *Blair St. Clair – drag queen<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuvo.net/arts/indy-queen-chosen-for-rupaul-s-drag-race/article_8350b9ac-1c0b-11e8-8982-674c2d9b4525.html|title=Indy Queen Chosen for RuPaul's Drag Race|last=McPhee|first=Laura|date=February 28, 2018|website=NUVO|access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref> *Dylan Windler – basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers)<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.belmontbruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/2018-19/bios/windler_dylan_l2i1?view=bio| title=Dylan Windler – Belmont Bruins| publisher=Belmont Bruins| access-date=16 July 2019| archive-date=April 8, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408033208/https://www.belmontbruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/2018-19/bios/windler_dylan_l2i1?view=bio| url-status=dead}}</ref> *Katie Douglas – professional basketball player *Mike Neu – former head football coach at Ball State University *Andre Owens – professional basketball player <ref>{{Cite web |title=Andre Owens Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/o/owensan01.html |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> *Holli Hyche – American sprinter
==See also== *List of schools in Indianapolis *List of high schools in Indiana
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.perryschools.org/ph/ Official website]
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Category:Schools in Indianapolis Category:Public high schools in Indiana Category:Educational institutions established in 1973 Category:1973 establishments in Indiana