Education was important to the early settlers in Perrysburg even before there were enough citizens to support a public school. The village was platted and named in the spring of 1816. From then until 1849 some children were educated in private schools conducted in various buildings throughout the village.

Few children attending school over a century ago persisted long enough to graduate from high school. In 1866, the earliest recorded account, states that three young women earned diplomas in Perrysburg. Fifty years later, only 15 graduates were listed. In 1966, a total of 160 students were graduated from Perrysburg High School; in 1992, 220. The Class of 2005 included 347 students.

1849 -- Perrysburg Union School was located on Louisiana between Indiana and East Fifth Street.

1868 – A third story was added to Union School

1894 – Fire destroyed Union School and many records were burned. The
school was rebuilt.

1916 – A high school wing was added to the Louisiana building.

1930 – A high school was built on the old common at the rear of the Louisiana building. The former high school wing became the junior high.

1952 – Elm Street Elementary School opened.

1953 – Major repairs on the Louisiana building, including removal of the fifth floor, made the building fit for continued use.

1958 – Pine Street Elementary School opened, and a new gym was added to the existing high school.

1964 – A new Perrysburg High School opened on East Boundary and Penta County Joint Vocational School District was established.

1966 – A Headstart program was established in the basement of the Louisiana building.

1967 – The stadium, track and baseball field were relocated to the high school grounds from the 700 block of Maple Street.

1969 – The baseball diamonds were finished and the size of the parking lot at the high school doubled.

1977 -- The names of the two elementary schools were changed in honor of the schools’ first principals who were retiring. Elm Street School became Frank Toth Elementary and Pine Street School became Robert L. Frank Elementary.

1978 – Five outside tennis courts and a new electric boiler as an alternate fuel option were added to the high school.

1979 – Woodland Elementary School opened. A new wing at the high school added 22 classrooms, a gym and expanded the library and guidance facilities. Windowless rooms were air conditioned, an elevator and ramps were added and a new football concession stand built.

1980 – The high school football field was renamed Robert Steinecker Stadium in honor of the 32 years of service Steinecker had given Perrysburg High School as teacher, coach, athletic director and assistant principal.

1981 – The tower of the junior high was struck by lighting and repaired.

1982 – A new computerized student record system was installed at the high school to service the entire district. Soccer fields were added to the high school athletic field complex.

1984 – The tower at the junior high school was again struck by lightning and repaired.

1989 – A classroom addition and cafeteria at Frank Elementary also allowed for expansion of the library and art room.

1990 – The cafeteria at the high school was enlarged. Another girls locker room was added.

1991 – Fort Meigs Elementary School opened.

1992 – Construction at the junior high included five science labs and a new cafeteria. A bus maintenance facility was built on Fort Meigs Road including office space, 2 ½ work bays and enclosure for parking buses at night.

1999 – Ground was broken for construction of a new high school at the corner of Roachton and Fort Meigs Roads.

2001 – The new high school opened for students. The 281,630-square-foot building consists of two wings – an academic and a fine arts/athletic area – joined together by the school cafeteria, called the Commons. The building contains 82 teaching stations, a 3,000-seat competitive gymnasium with an upstairs running track, as well as a 1,000 seat theatre-style auditorium. Grades 7 and 8 were moved to the old high school and sixth grades from each of the four elementary schools to the Louisiana building complex, which was renamed by the students, the Commodore Building.

2002 – Due to budget reductions, sixth grade students were moved to the junior high and the Commodore Building, for the first time in over 100 years no longer houses students. The district’s central offices continue to operate in the building.