Erie High School is a

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Erie, Pennsylvania Erie (; ) is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Erie is the fifth largest city in Pennsylvania and the largest city in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 ...

, in the

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. Formerly called

Central Tech High School Central Tech School was a high school in Erie, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Originally named Central High School, it was the result of the merger of Academy High School and Technical Memorial High School after the conclusion of the 1992–1 ...

, it was renamed in 2017 after the

Erie City School District The Erie City School District is the school district that serves Erie, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a member of the Northwest Tri-County IU 5. Serving the Erie School District are two high schools, three middle schools, and ten e ...

converted two of the other high schools,

Strong Vincent High School Erie (; ) is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Erie is the fifth largest city in Pennsylvania and the largest city in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 a ...

and East High School, into middle schools. The first Erie High School opened in 1866, before being renamed Central High School in 1920. Erie High School celebrated its first graduating class in 2018, about 400 out of a total of 2,278 students.

Shooting

On April 5, 2022, shortly after 9:20 am, a shooting occurred in the school. One student was shot by another student but was in stable condition. The school was locked down and students were dismissed classroom by classroom when there was found to be no additional threats. The

announced later that the school would be closed until after Spring Break on April 18, 2022, while the district works on a plan to allow students to safely return. The suspect has since been apprehended.

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Erie High School

Erie City School District
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