Frederick Douglass High School (Columbia, Missouri)

For the historical segregated high school in the St. Louis area, see Douglass High School (Missouri).
Fredrick Douglass High School
Location
310 North Providence Road
Columbia, Missouri 65203

United States
Information
Type Public Secondary
Established 1916[1]
School district Columbia Public Schools
Principal Mrs. Eryca Neville[2]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 108[3]
Campus type Urban
Color(s) Blue and White
Athletics Basketball
Athletics conference Independent
Mascot Bulldog
Information (573) 214-3680
Website

official site

Fred Douglass School
Location 310 N. Providence Rd., Columbia, Missouri
Coordinates 38°57′18″N 92°19′59″W / 38.95500°N 92.33306°W / 38.95500; -92.33306Coordinates: 38°57′18″N 92°19′59″W / 38.95500°N 92.33306°W / 38.95500; -92.33306
Area less than one acre
Built 1917 (1917)
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Social Institutions of Columbia's Black Community TR
NRHP Reference # 80002310[4]
Added to NRHP September 4, 1980

Frederick Douglass High School is an alternative public high school located in Columbia, Missouri. Douglass enrolls students 9-12 from throughout the Columbia Public Schools District. The school competes in MSHSAA 4A. Their sports include: Basketball, Track and Field. The school differs from a regular high school because of program including child development and parenting classes, Day care facility, Work study programs, and a hands-on approach. It was built in 1917, and is a two-story, Classical Revival style brick building on a raised basement.

The school is currently undergoing renovations including an A/C system.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as Fred Douglass School.[4]

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