Dayton’s public schools beat 55% of Pennsylvania districts
The public schools Dayton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 55% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
The short version on Dayton’s schools
Dayton’s schools are very small
All of Dayton’s public school students add up to 194 children, with about 11 per teacher. That means real individual attention, but also that a single class can swing the scores from year to year. Every school ↓
Which school depends on your street
With two middle schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to Dayton El Sch. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Dayton compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Dayton.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Every school in Dayton
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Dayton families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Dayton
There’s no college in Dayton, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, 18.7 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Dayton. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Pennsylvania. Stars are from neighbors.