The Dunham School


The Dunham School is an independent, inter-denominational, Christian, college-preparatory, coeducational day school in unincorporated East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Located in the Oak Hills Place census-designated place, and founded in 1981, it serves students from pre-kindergarten through grade twelve. The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Louisiana Department of Education and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools. The school also won a Blue Ribbon Award in 2005. Dunham was also honored in 2012 and 2013 as an Apple Distinguished School for its one-to-one laptop program, which was started in 2009.
It is in the proposed City of St. George.

Campus

The campus is located on in the Wimbledon subdivision off Perkins Road in South Baton Rouge. The school has 64 classrooms, three science labs, two library and computer labs, auditorium, cafeteria, three art and music studios, a gymnasium, and three athletic fields. In the 2006–2007 school year there were 74 faculty and 665 enrolled students: 247 students were in the Upper School, 146 were in the Middle School, and 272 were in the Lower School. The Dunham School was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 2005. The Dunham School has recently completed its building project, "A Cord of Three Strands". A new gymnasium, Lower School and Chapel Arts building have been completed.

Athletics

The school's high school football team won an LHSAA state championship in 2004, the basketball team won a state championship title in 1998, 2018 and 2020, and the baseball team won the state championship in 1987.

Notable alumni