Schools · Dayton
Dayton, OH schools
Dayton’s public schools score well below Ohio’s averages: 21% of students are proficient in reading against 57.2% statewide, and 67% of high schoolers graduate on time against 85.3%. Kids attend one of 13 schools through grade 11, then one of 7 high schools and one of 8 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Dayton’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Dayton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 82% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
DTest scoresDGraduation
Ohio school districts we grade (897)Better than 18%
Lower resultsHigher results
Ohio towns with similar household incomes (527)Better than 0%
High confidence. Built on 4,953 tested students and a graduating class of 991; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Ohio’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Ohio only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Ohio with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Dayton kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Dayton City)21%
State average 57.2%
Math (grades PK–12, Dayton City)12%
State average 49.7%
Graduation · class of 2020
67% graduate on time
Graduation rate
67%
OH: 85.3%
Graduating class
991
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #890 of 895 OH towns →
Districts
The district serving Dayton
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 52 schools in Dayton
Showing 1–30 of 52 schools
DECA PREPElementary · Grades K–8 · 950 students
C-CharterPathway School of DiscoveryElementary · Grades K–8 · 843 students
C+CharterEmerson AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 674 students
C-CharterRuskin Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 553 students
C-PublicAlliance Community Schools Inc. dba Dayton Leadership AcadeElementary · Grades K–8 · 552 students
DCharterRiver's Edge Montessori Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 552 students
C-PublicKlepinger Community SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 540 students
D-CharterFairview Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 474 students
D-PublicBelle Haven Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 473 students
DPublicKemp Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–7 · 422 students
DPublicRoosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 414 students
D-PublicCleveland Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 404 students
DPublicHorace Mann Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 385 students
CPublicRichard Allen PreparatoryElementary · Grades K–8 · 374 students
DCharterEdison Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 357 students
DPublicWestwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 352 students
D-PublicLouise Troy Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 316 students
D-PublicMontgomery Preparatory AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 237 students
C-CharterHorizon Science Academy Dayton DowntownElementary · Grades K–8 · 188 students
DCharterCity Day Community SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 170 students
D-CharterDayton SMART Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 94 students
C-CharterKiser Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6
PublicWright Brothers Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 374 students
DPublicEdwin Joel Brown Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–9 · 326 students
D-PublicWogaman Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–9 · 318 students
DPublicJefferson Township Local School DistrictMiddle · Grades 8 · 1 students
PublicKettering City Schools MCESC Remote Learning CenterMiddle · Grades 5 · 1 students
PublicBelmont High SchoolHigh · Grades 7–12 · 1,153 students
DPublicStivers School For The ArtsHigh · Grades 7–12 · 837 students
B-PublicDavid H. Ponitz Career Technology CenterHigh · Grades 9–12 · 785 students
C-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.