Dubuque Senior High School
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1800 Clarke Drive Dubuque, Iowa 52001 |
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| School type | Public high school |
| Established | 1858 |
| School district | Dubuque Community School District |
| Oversight | Iowa Department of Education |
| Principal | Dr. Daniel "DJ" Johnson |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,641 (2013–14) |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Scarlet and Columbia blue |
| Mascot | Ram |
| Newspaper | Rampage |
| Yearbook | Echo |
| Athletic conference | Mississippi Valley Conference |
| Website | senior |
Coordinates: 42°30′22″N 90°41′38″W / 42.506°N 90.694°W
Dubuque Senior High School (commonly Senior or DSHS) is a four-year public high school located in Dubuque, Iowa. It is one of three high schools in the Dubuque Community School District, and enrolls 1,447 students in grades 9-12. Senior was founded in 1858, and is the oldest secondary school in Dubuque. The school's mascot is the Ram; it competes at the state level in class 4A (which contains the state's largest schools) and is a member of the Mississippi Valley Athletic Conference.
Dubuque High School, the first high school in Dubuque, Iowa, was opened in 1858 on the third floor of a building on the southwest corner of Central Avenue and 12th Street (currently the site of the old Prescott Elementary School playground). The school enrolled 110 students and had a staff of two teachers and one principal. The institution was moved to a building at 17th and Iowa Streets in 1859 and then closed until 1866. Reasons given for the closure included the start of the Civil War, economic depression, and a feeling among the residents of Dubuque that an elementary education was sufficient.
In 1866 the high school was reopened. The district's administrative office was moved to the high school in 1872.
A complete high school course in the early years was three years in length. The first graduating class in 1870 had only two students, Sarah M. Belden and Mary O. Dorgan. Only 25 students graduated from the program between 1870 and 1876. The original teaching staff included the principal and up to three teachers.
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