The first mention we find of a "colored" school in Perryville was in August 1920, when Carrie Doneghy of Danville was listed as the teacher.  By September 1933, Mattie Compton was in charge.

Amelia Sleet graduated Bate High School 22 May 1933, and became the teacher at Perryville for the 1935-36 school year.

In May 1940, the 50 students here put on an exhibit of projects they had created under guidance of Miss Sleet.

There were 23 students here in 1952, but by the beginning of the 1953 school year, Black students were attending Bate School in Danville, where Mrs. Burton was an elementary teacher.

The Perryville Colored School then, closed in 1952, and the school and lot were put up for public auction 6 December 1958.

Amelia (Sleet) Burton, back row, far left, began her teaching career at the Perryville Colored School.  Raymond Sleet, standing far right with white shirt, and John Walker, third from left on bottom row are the only others identified.  Fortunately, the school has been saved and restored.