Notable Alumni
- Gene Baker, former MLB player (Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates)
- Roger Craig (class of 1979), NFL football player with the San Francisco 49ers.
- Jim Jensen (class of 1972), NFL football player with the Dallas Cowboys and the Denver Broncos.
- Jim Hester (class of 1963), NFL football player New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears (1969), Davenport Public School Board Vice President (1994–2000) and Board President (2000–2002)
- Jim Leach (class of 1960), United States congressman (1977–2006), Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities and Princeton professor.
- Jim Zabel (class of 1939), Radio and television broadcaster and former play-by-play announcer for Iowa Hawkeye football and basketball games.
Others who attended Davenport High, or its succcessor Davenport Central, but did not graduate were Bix Beiderbecke (jazz musician) and Michael Nunn (professional boxer).
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