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.
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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. MacFarlane later became a middle school, it closed in 2003 and was razed in 2005.
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
Bernice I. Sumlin, 19th international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Desiree Tims, member of the Ohio House of Representatives
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
Girls Basketball – 1991
Other Non-Sanctioned State Championships
Boys Track & Field Indoor State Champions (OATCCC) - 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016,2017,2018