Dayton Public Schools

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]

Dayton Public Schools
Address
136 S. Ludlow Street Dayton, Ohio 45402 Montgomery County, Ohio, 45402 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	PreK-12
Established	December 1831
Superintendent	Dr. David Lawrence, Ph.D [1]
Asst. superintendent(s)	Lisa Minor[2]
School board	7 members[3]
Chair of the board	William Smith [4]
Schools	30
Budget	$248.4 m (2018)[5]
Affiliation(s)	The Ohio 8[6]
Students and staff
Students	12571[7]
Faculty	2062 full-time employees (2018)[8]
Other information
Treasurer	Hiwot Abraha[9]
Website	www.dps.k12.oh.us

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.	Public, 9-12	2007-
Meadowdale Career Technology Center	3873 Whitestone Ct.	Public, 9-12	1961-
Mound Street Academy	354 Mound St.	9-12
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
• Eastmont Elementary Pre-K-6 School
• Edison Elementary Pre-K-6 School
• Edwin Joel Brown Middle 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 Pre-K
• 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

K-12

• The International School At Residence Park

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
• Belmont Elementary School
• Carlson Elementary School
• Central Elementary School
• Clark Occupational
• Cornell Heights Elementary School
• Drexel Elementary School
• Emerson Elementary School
• Fairport Elementary School
• Fort McKinley Elementary School
• Franklin Montessori School
• Gardendale Elementary School
• Garfield Elementary School
• Gettysburg Elementary School
• Grace A. Greene Elementary School (housed 1997-2004 at Fairview)
• Hawthorne Elementary School
• Hickorydale Elementary School
• Highview Elementary School
• Huffman Elementary School
• Irving Elementary School
• Jackson Elementary School
• Jackson Primary School
• Jane Addams Elementary School
• Jefferson Elementary School
• Lewton Elementary School
• Lincoln Elementary School
• Longfellow Elementary School
• Loos Elementary School
• MacFarlane Elementary School
• McGuffey Elementary School
• McKinley Occupational
• McNary Park Elementary School
• Miami Chapel Elementary School
• Orville Wright Elementary School
• Patterson Kennedy Elementary School
• Residence Park Elementary School
• Shiloh Elementary School
• Shoup Mill Elementary School
• U. S. Grant Elementary School
• Van Cleve Elementary School
• Washington Elementary School
• Weaver Elementary School
• Webster Elementary School
• Westwood Elementary School
• Whittier Elementary School
• Willard 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