Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Fort Worth, Texas)

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Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
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Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Fort Worth, Texas)
5700 Ramey Ave

Fort Worth
,
Texas
76112

United States
Coordinates 32°43′34″N97°14′40″W / 32.7262427°N 97.2444584°W / 32.7262427; -97.2444584 [1]
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School typePublic high school
Established1953 (as high school)
School district Fort Worth Independent School District
CEEB code 442516
PrincipalJustin Edwards
Teaching staff69.94 FTE (2017-18) [2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment933 (2017-18) [2]
Student to teacher ratio13.34 (2017-18) [2]
Campus typeUrban
Colour(s)Blue and white   
Slogan“Excellence is the expectation, not the exception”
Mascot Wildcat
RivalEastern Hills High School
Website Dunbar High School

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is a comprehensive high school in the Stop Six neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Named for the dialectical poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, the school strives to educate the majority African-American community it serves.

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History

Formal education in the Stop Six area was established in 1907 with the Rustville School, which joined the Fort Worth Public School System in 1924. The school changed its name to Paul Laurence Dunbar School in 1938 and began adding high school classes in 1953, graduating its first class in 1957.

From 1973 to 2005, Dunbar High School's boys basketball team was coached by Robert Hughes, the winningest boys high school basketball coach in US sports [3] and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. [4]

Campus

The current Dunbar High School building was completed in 1967 for $2.1 million. [5]

Dunbar High School houses an Aviation Engineering, Aviation Technology, and Entrepreneur and Urban Development academic programs. [6]

Athletics

The Dunbar Wildcats actively compete in the following sports in the UIL:

Notable alumni

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  2. 1 2 3 "DUNBAR H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Duke of Dunbar". January 2004.
  4. ↑ "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Announces 2017 Enshrinement Ceremony Presenters".
  5. ↑ "Dunbar High School / Homepage".
  6. ↑ Aviation Engineering
  7. ↑ "Boys Basketball State Champions". Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Boys Basketball State Archives School Search: Fort Worth Dunbar". uiltexas.org. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Girls Basketball State Champions". Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
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