Frederick Douglass High School (Columbia, Missouri) Explained

Frederick Douglass High School
Established:1916[1]
Type:Public Secondary
District:Columbia Public Schools
Superintendent:Brian Yearwood
Grades:9-12
Principal:Eryca Neville[2]
Enrollment:108[3]
Athletics:Basketball
Conference:Independent
Colors:Blue and White
Mascot:Bulldog
Campus Type:Urban
Location:310 North Providence Road
Columbia, Missouri 65203
Country:USA
Information:(573) 214-3680
Website:Douglass High School
Fred Douglass School
Embed:yes
Coordinates:38.955°N -92.3331°W
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:September 4, 1980
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Social Institutions of Columbia's Black Community TR
Refnum:80002310

Frederick Douglass High School is an alternative public high school located in Columbia, Missouri. Douglass enrolls students 9-12 from throughout the Columbia Public Schools District. The school competes in MSHSAA 4A. Their sports include basketball and track and field. The school differs from typical high schools due to providing programs including child development and parenting classes and a day care facility. It was built in 1917, and is a two-story, Classical Revival style brick building on a raised basement. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as Fred Douglass School. Recently, it was closed, restored, and modernized, reopening in the Fall of 2017. It is one of four High Schools in the Columbia Public School District.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/dhs/history.html History Of Frederick Douglass High School
  2. http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/dhs/ Columbia Public Schools
  3. http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/dhs/ CPS profile