Dunbar High School (Dayton, Ohio) Explained

Dunbar High School
Streetaddress:	1400 Albritton Drive
City:	Dayton
State:	Ohio
Country:	United States
Zipcode:	45408
Url:	Dunbar High School Website
Schoolboard:	Dayton Public Schools
Principal:	Crystal Phillips
Grades:	9-12
Language:	English
Area:	Urban
Mascot:	Wolverine
Teamname:	Dayton Dunbar Wolverines
Colors:	Blue and White
Conference:	Dayton City League
Founded:	1931
Staff:	33.00 (FTE)
Ratio:	15.03
Enrollment:	496 (2022–23)^[1]

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is part of Dayton City Schools. The school is located in Dayton, Ohio, and serves approximately 550 students. The school is named after poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, a Dayton native. The school mascot is the wolverine.

About

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is the only historically African-American high school in Dayton. It was created to educate African-American youth and to employ teachers of color. The school originally opened on Summit Street in 1933 and graduated its first class in 1936. In 1962 a new Dunbar high school was opened and the original building was renamed MacFarlane Elementary after Paul Laurence Dunbar's first principal, Mr. Frederic Charles MacFarlane.^[2] MacFarlane later became a middle school, it closed in 2003 and was razed in 2005.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Dunbar competes in the Dayton City League.

Notable alumni

• Mark Baker, Dayton Public Schools athletic director, former Ohio State, and NBA basketball player
  • Phyllis Bolds, physicist at the United States Air Force Cornelius Cash, former NBA player
• Norris Cole, basketball player for JL Bourg Basket and 2x champion
• Daequan Cook, former NBA player, in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Na'Shan Goddard, South Carolina and NFL
• Johnny Green, former NBA player
• Geron Johnson, basketball player, Memphis and Developmental League
• Jerry Jones, former NFL player
• Kelvin Kirk, first Mr. Irrelevant and CFL player
• Jerry McKee, ABA basketball player
• C. J. McLin, Ohio State Representative
• Rhine McLin, Mayor of Dayton
• Joseph Scates, NFL player for the Jacksonville Jaguars^[6]
• Bernice I. Sumlin, 19th international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha
• Dan Wilkinson, Ohio State University, first round NFL draft choice for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

• Boys Basketball – 1987, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012
• Boys Track and Field – 1948, 1963, 1964, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017^[7]
  • Boys Track and Field Runners Up - 1962, 1965, 1970, 1984, 2001, 2011, 2018
• Boys Track & Field Indoor State Champions (OATCCC) - 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016,2017,2018
  • Boys Track & Field Indoor State Runner Up (OATCCC) - 2010
  • Boys Track & Field Track Program has produced 18 Track & Field All Americans
• Girls Basketball – 1991 ^[7]
• Girls Track & Field State Runner Up - 2000
• Girls Indoor State Runner Up- 2017

External links

• Dunbar High School Website
• Jessie Scott Hathcock

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Dunbar Early College High School. National Center for Education Statistics. August 27, 2024.
2. Book: Alumni Association, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School . 70 Anniversary History Book . . 2005 . Dayton, OH . Section III, pp. 35–109 . English.
3. News: Babcock. Jim. FOND MEMORIES, GOOD BARGAINS AT MACFARLANE - Original Dunbar High scheduled for wrecking ball. Dayton Daily News. March 14, 2004. B1.
4. News: Regional Headlines. Dayton Daily News. April 8, 2005. B2.
5. Web site: Dunbar Early College High School.
6. Web site: Montz . Dylan . Football: Four-star WR Joseph Scates picks Cyclones . The Ames Tribune . 28 January 2018 . 26 May 2024.
7. Web site: Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site. 2017-06-05. OHSAA.