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Dayton Public Schools
Dayton Public Schools
Web Design • Website Development • Graphic Design • Branding • SEO
Dayton Public Schools (DPS) is a large urban school district serving the educational needs of thousands of students and families across the Dayton, Ohio region. With dozens of schools under its umbrella, DPS is committed to providing access, equity, and excellence across its system.
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The Challenge
DPS needed a modern, accessible website that reflected its evolving vision while remaining intuitive and easy to navigate for students, parents, and staff. Having partnered with Catapult Creative on a successful website redesign in 2017—one that earned the OH SPRA award for Best Public Schools Website—the district returned to us for a more advanced, future-forward solution.
The Strategy
As a Dayton design agency with deep experience in public sector work, we focused on modernizing the site visually and structurally. Our strategy included a full rebuild to enhance ADA accessibility, simplify content management, and better highlight district-wide resources. One of our key priorities was developing individual landing pages for each school—allowing every building to maintain its sub-site and identity, while still aligning with the broader district brand.
The Results
The finished website is accessible in over 54 languages with one-click, live translation and features accessibility augmentation for: visual and motor impairments, cognitive and learning disabilities, epilepsy, ADHD and literacy challenges.
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Web
Design,
Website
Development,
Branding
Graphic
Design,
SEO
Our collaboration with DPS included complete website strategy, user experience planning, custom web design and development, search engine optimization, and brand system refinement. We provided intuitive UX/UI design, created flexible layouts for internal teams, and delivered graphic design support for page visuals and iconography. Our goal was to ensure a consistent and scalable solution—built for administrators, students, and families alike. As a trusted Dayton web design partner, we ensured every detail supported clarity, function, and ADA accessibility.
Website Redesign Highlights
The updated website features cleaner navigation, simplified page organization, and the removal of outdated or duplicate content. A new homepage video enhances engagement, and each school now has its own easy-to-manage page. The backend was developed to support multiple admin users with ease, and accessibility standards—particularly ADA compliance—were followed throughout the project to ensure inclusivity across the entire district.
