Dayton Public Schools Explained

Dayton Public Schools
Address:	136 S. Ludlow Street Dayton, Ohio 45402
State:	Ohio
County:	Montgomery County
Zipcode:	45402
Country:	United States
Type:	Public
Grades:	PreK-12
Established:	December 1831
Superintendent:	Dr. David Lawrence, Ph.D^[1]
Asst Superintendent:	Lisa Minor^[2]
School Board:	7 members^[3]
Chair Of The Board:	William Smith ^[4]
Accreditation:	-->
Schools:	30
Budget:	$248.4 m (2018)^[5]
Affiliations:	The Ohio 8^[6]
Students:	12571^[7]
Faculty:	2062 full-time employees (2018)^[8]
Free Label:	Treasurer
Free Text:	Hiwot Abraha^[9]

Dayton Public Schools is the school district in the U.S. state of Ohio that serves Dayton, Ohio. The district covers 49 square miles.^[10] Dayton Public Schools (DPS) is the 12th largest PreK-12 district in the state, with a 2017–2018 enrollment of about 12571.^[11] DPS has 27 schools, 17 elementary schools, 3 stand-alone middle schools, and 7 high schools..^[12]

DPS operates the FM jazz radio station WDPS.

Schools

High schools (9-12 & 7-12)

School	Address	Type	Tenure as a H.S.
Belmont High School	2615 Wayne Ave.	Public, 7-12	1959-
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School	1400 Albritton Dr.	Public, 9-12	1931-
Thurgood Marshall STEM High School	4447 Hoover Ave.	2007-
Meadowdale Career Technology Center	3873 Whitestone Ct.	Public, 9-12	1961-
David H. Ponitz Career Technology Center	741 Washington St.	Tech. School, 9-12	2009-
Stivers School for the Arts	1313 E. 5th St.	Magnet School, 7-12	1908-1976, 1997-

Elementary and Middle schools

• Belle Haven Pre-K-6 School
• Charity Adams Earley Girls Academy Pre-K-8
• Cleveland Elementary Pre-K-6 School
• Edwin Joel Brown Middle School
• Eastmont Elementary Pre-K-6 School
• Edison Elementary Pre-K-6 School
• Fairview Elementary Pre-K-6 School
• Horace Mann Elementary Pre-K-6 School
• International School at Residence Park for English Learner Students K-12
• Kemp Elementary Pre-K-6 School
• Kiser Elementary Pre-K-6 School – At the site of the former Kiser High School
• Louise Troy Elementary Pre-K-6 School
• River's Edge Montessori Pre-K-6 School
• Roosevelt Elementary Pre-K-6 School
• Rosa Parks Early Learning Center
• Ruskin Elementary Pre-K-6 School
• Valerie Elementary Pre-K-6 School
• Westwood Elementary Pre-K-6 School
• Wogaman Middle School
• Wright Brothers Middle School School

Former school buildings

The following schools have been closed and, in some cases, demolished.^[13]

High schools

School	Address^[14]	Type	Tenure as a H.S.
Colonel White High School	501 Niagara Ave.	Public	1929-2007
Fairview High School	1305 W. Fairview Ave.	Public	1929-1982
Kiser High School	1401 Leo St.	Public	1925-1982
Patterson Career Center/ Patterson Co-Op/ Stivers-Patterson	118 E. 1st St.	Public	1952-2009
Roosevelt High School	2013 W. 3rd St.	Public	1923-1975
Roth High School	4535 Hoover Ave.	Public	1959-1982
Steele High School	203 N. Main St.	Public	1906-1940
Wilbur Wright High School	1361 Huffman Ave.	Public	1940-1982

Elementary schools

• Allen Elementary School
• Bauer Elementary School
• Belmont Elementary School
• Beverly Gardens Elementary School
• Blairwood Elementary School
• Brantwood Elementary School
• Brown Elementary School
• Carlson Elementary School
• Central Elementary School
• Cornell Heights Elementary School
• Dorothy Lane Elementary School
• Drexel Elementary School
• Driscoll Elementary School
• Emerson Elementary School
• Fairport Elementary School
• Fort McKinley Elementary School
• Franklin Montessori School
• Gardendale Elementary School
• Garfield Elementary School
• Gettysburg Elementary School
• Green Elementary School
• Harman Elementary School
• Harshman Elementary School
• Hawthorne Elementary School
• Hickorydale Elementary School
• Highview Elementary School
• Hole Elementary School
• Holliday Elementary School
• Huffman Elementary School
• Irving Elementary School
• Jackson Elementary School
• Jackson Primary School
• Jane Addams Elementary School
• Jefferson Elementary School
• Kennedy Elementary School
• Lincoln Elementary School
• Loos Elementary School
• Miami Chapel
• MacFarlane School
• McGuffey Elementary School
• Patterson Kennedy Elementary School
• Shiloh Elementary School
• Shoup Mill Elementary School
• Van Cleve Elementary School
• Orville Wright Elementary School
• Willard Elementary School
• Westwood Elementary School
• McNary Park Elementary School
• Residence Park ElementarySchool
• Webster Elementary School
• Whittier Elementary School

Notable alumni (Closed high schools)

Steele High School

• Margaret Andrew former experimental engineer, Frigidaire
• Johnnie Becker former NFL lineman and back, Dayton Triangles
• Earl "Red" Blaik hall of fame college football head coach, United States Military Academy
• Steve Buchanan former NFL back, Dayton Triangles
• Richard E. Cole former United States Air Force colonel, participant in Doolittle Raid
• Dick Dobeleit former NFL fullback, Dayton Triangles
• Dick Faust former NFL lineman, Dayton Triangles
• Harry P. Jeffrey one-term member of the United States House of Representatives (OH-3)
• James L. Kauffman former United States Navy vice admiral
• Jackson Keefer former NFL back, Dayton Triangles, et al.
• Rodney M. Love one-term member of the United States House of Representatives (OH-3)
• Carl Mankat former NFL lineman, Dayton Triangles
• Marvin Pierce former president McCall Corporation, father of First Lady Barbara Bush
• Harry Reser former banjo player and bandleader
• Paul F. Schenck seven-term member of the United States House of Representatives (OH-3)
• Howard Dwight Smith former architect, most known for his designs of Ohio Stadium
• Byron A. Stover former businessman and politician from the state of Oregon
• Arthur Valpey former college football head coach, Harvard and Connecticut
• Coby Whitmore former painter, magazine illustrator, commercial artist, and race-car designer
• Pliny W. Williamson former lawyer and politician from New York
• Earl Yingling former MLB pitcher
• Roz Young former author, educator, historian

See also

• List of school districts in Ohio
• Dayton City League

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Our Administration . Dayton Public Schools . 24 July 2019.
2. Web site: Our Administration . Dayton Public Schools . 24 July 2019.
3. Web site: Board of Education . Dayton Public Schools . 24 July 2019.
4. Web site: Board of Education .
5. Web site: Fast Facts . Dayton Public School . 24 July 2019 . July 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190724173749/https://www.dps.k12.oh.us/content/documents/DPS-Fast-Facts052418.pdf . dead .
6. Web site: Home Page . The Ohio 8 . 24 July 2019.
7. Web site: Enrollment Data . Ohio Department of Education . 24 July 2019.
8. Web site: Fast Facts . Dayton Public School . 24 July 2019 . July 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190724173749/https://www.dps.k12.oh.us/content/documents/DPS-Fast-Facts052418.pdf . dead .
9. Web site: Our Administration . Dayton Public Schools . 24 July 2019.
10. Web site: School District Square Mileage . Ohio Department of Education . 24 July 2019.
11. Web site: Enrollment Data . Ohio Department of Education . 24 July 2019.
12. Web site: Fast Facts . Dayton Public Schools . 24 July 2019 . July 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190724173749/https://www.dps.k12.oh.us/content/documents/DPS-Fast-Facts052418.pdf . dead .
13. Web site: Student Records . 2015-01-23 . 2015-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123140424/http://www.dps.k12.oh.us/departments/student-assignment/records.html . dead .
14. Web site: Montgomery County Schools . Turner . Aaron . Old Ohio Schools . 2015-01-26 . February 6, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150206091140/http://www.oldohioschools.com/montgomery_county.htm . dead.