Perseus House CS of Excellence

Perseus House CS of Excellence is a tight-knit senior high in Erie, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Perseus House CS of Excellence. The school hosts 627 students in grades 6 through 12.

Perseus House CS of Excellence is a school of Perseus House CS of Excellence, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Perseus House CS of Excellence lists that 39% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 25% White, 22% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 7% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Perseus House CS of Excellence lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Perseus House CS of Excellence is in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 44.1%; Perseus House CS of Excellence posts 9.1%, -35.0 points below that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Erie County indicate median household income runs about $63,354, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Erie County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students), of which Perseus House CS of Excellence is one.

The closest other public school is Pfeiffer-Burleigh Sch, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Perseus House CS of Excellence ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 23.5%.

Perseus House CS of Excellence operates from a downtown location. Perseus House CS of Excellence is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 12%: 560 students in 2018 compared to 627 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment contracted from 15% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Perseus House CS of Excellence typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.