James B. Dudley Senior High School is a three-story, U-shaped, brick building with Classical Revival and Collegiate Gothic design elements.

It has a one-story slightly projecting entrance portico with Doric order columns (added in the mid-1970s), a stepped parapet, and crenellated stair towers.

[3] James Benson Dudley Senior High School and Gymnasium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Today, the make-up of the school consists of a diverse student enrollment with a predominantly African-American population.

Dudley High School has an Advance Vehicle Technology (AVT) Team that competes in an international competition called the Shell Eco Marathon.