Spingarn High School

Joel Elias Spingarn Senior High School
Spingarn Senior High School located in the Carver Langston neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Address
2500 Benning Road Northeast^[1] Washington, DC, 20002 United States
Information
School type	Public high school
Established	1952
School district	District of Columbia Public Schools Ward 5
Principal	Gary Washington
Faculty	43.0 (on FTE basis)^[2]
Grades	9 to 12
Enrollment	538 (as of 2009-10)^[2]
Student to teacher ratio	12.51^[2]
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Green Vegas Gold
Mascot	Might Green Wave
Website	http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Spingarn

Joel Elias Spingarn High School was a public high school located in the District of Columbia. The school is named after Joel Elias Spingarn (1875–1939) an American educator and literary critic who established (1913) the Spingarn Medal, awarded annually for outstanding achievement by an African American.

The District of Columbia Public Schools announced on November 13, 2012 that Spingarn High School would be closing along with other schools in the city. ^[3]

As of 2013 students living in the Spingarn attendance boundary may go to Dunbar High School, Eastern High School, or H.D. Woodson High School.^[4]

Notable alumni

Elgin Baylor, is a retired Hall of Fame American basketball player and former NBA general manager who played 13 seasons as a forward for the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers.
Dave Bing, is a retired Hall of Fame American professional basketball player in the NBA, primarily for the Detroit Pistons from 1966 to 1975 and a former Mayor of Detroit from 2009 to 2013.
John B. Catoe, Jr., former general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Sherman Douglas, a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA for the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets and the Los Angeles Clippers from 1989 to 2001.
Ollie Johnson, a retired American basketball player who was an All-American at the University of San Francisco and a first round draft pick of the Boston Celtics.
John Kinard, founding director of the Anacostia Museum, a Smithsonian Institution museum
Willie Royster, Former MLB player (Baltimore Orioles)
Stan Washington, retired NBA player for the Washington Bullets

References

↑ "GNIS entry for Spingarn Senior High School". USGS. January 16, 2008.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "National Center for Education Statistics". Retrieved December 6, 2011.
↑ Kennedy, Suzanne (November 13, 2012). "LIST: 20 D.C. schools to be closed". Allbritton Communications Company. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
↑ "Attendance Zones for Neighborhood High Schools S.Y. 2013-2014" (Archive). District of Columbia Public Schools. Retrieved on April 14, 2015.

External links

Spingarn Senior High School homepage

District of Columbia High Schools

District of Columbia Public Schools

Zoned schools	Anacostia Ballou Cardozo Education Campus Coolidge Dunbar Eastern Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Woodson Spingarn High School (CLOSED)

Magnet/Alternative schools	Benjamin Banneker Academic Bell Multicultural Duke Ellington School of the Arts McKinley Technology School Without Walls

District of Columbia Public Charter School Board

Charter schools	??

Independent schools

Secular private	British School of Washington Emerson Preparatory School The Field School Georgetown Day School Maret School Model Secondary School for the Deaf Russian Embassy School in Washington, D.C. Washington International School

Religious	Archbishop Carroll High School Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Gonzaga College High School National Cathedral School Sidwell Friends School St. Albans School St. Anselm's Abbey School St. John's College High School

This list is incomplete. The international schools of France and Germany are in the State of Maryland, outside of the District of Columbia's boundaries.

Coordinates: 38°53′58.3″N 76°58′15.3″W / 38.899528°N 76.970917°W / 38.899528; -76.970917