Daytona High School began operating as a separate chartered entity within Daytona Public School in 1902. Early records show that the following were teacher/principal for various terms of service from 1885 to 1908.

Mr. M.W. Martin
Miss Dennis
Miss Burdom
Mr. I.H. DeWolff
Miss Annie C. Hite
Mr. John B. Parkinson
Miss M. Stewart
Miss Lulu Foulke

From the time of the first brick building for Daytona Public School in 1910 to the present there have been only eighteen people to serve as principal of Daytona High School and/or Mainland High School.

1909-13

Mr. J.L.Wright

1914-15

Miss Mabel T. Rogers

1916

Mr. George W. Marks

1917

Miss Isabel Stuart Mays

1918-31

Mr. Jerome F. Eastham

1932

Mr. McLalughlin

1933

Mr. W. B. Treloar

1934

Mr. John W. Turner

1935-36

Mr. J. Broward Culpepper

1937-39

Mr. W.K. Jennings

1940-45

Mr. W. B. Treloar

1946-48

Mr. C. T. Welshinger

1949-51

Mr. Vincent P. McClintock

1952-70

Mr. C. T. Welshinger

1971-85

Mr. Jack Surrette

1986-87

Mr. Alex Robertson

1987-90

Mr. Mike Osborne

1991-95

Mr. Tim Huth

1996

Dr. Carol Kelley

1997-2007

Mrs. Patricia Graham

2007-Present

Dr. Cheryl Salerno