South Dayton News

There were 4,867 kindergarten students enrolled in Montgomery County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Kleptz Early Childhood Learning Center welcomed most of the kindergarten students in the county, registering 341 students.

Within Montgomery County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Montgomery County ranked fourth in enrollment numbers, with a total of 70,321 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was ranked fifth the year before.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is an improvement for the state and is lower than the national average of 1:16.

Despite the apparent improvement, this positive trend is overshadowed by a general decline in public school enrollments, which was accelerated by the pandemic. This decline, aligned with the steady number of teachers in the state over the last 10 years, has led to low student-to-teacher ratios.

School name	# of Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Kleptz Early Childhood Learning Center	341	39.9	854
Shade Elementary School	266	40.2	662
Trotwood-Madison Early Learning Center	155	39.7	390
Centerville Primary Village South	149	25.5	584
Northridge Elementary School	132	16.7	792
Centerville Primary Village North	130	27.3	477
Brookville Elementary School	121	23.6	512
Valley View Primary School	118	22	537
Julian & Marjorie Lange School Elementary School	116	100	116
J. F. Kennedy Elementary School	108	17	634
Pathway School of Discovery	107	13.6	785
Charles Huber Elementary School	103	16.2	634
Deca Prep	101	10.9	927
Southdale Elementary School	92	17.9	513
Richard Allen Preparatory	88	20.5	430
Wright Brothers Elementary School	88	12.9	680
Rushmore Elementary School	88	14	629
Oakview Elementary School	85	17.7	480
River's Edge Montessori Elementary School	79	15.9	498
Kiser Elementary School	77	13.7	562
Saville Elementary School	76	20.3	374
Dixie Elementary School	76	16.3	467
Ruskin Elementary School	76	13.5	562
Monticello Elementary School	75	13.4	561
North Dayton School of Science & Discovery	73	13.1	557
Valley Forge Elementary School	72	13.4	537
Valerie Elementary School	71	13.3	534
Emerson Academy	71	10.7	661
Brantwood Elementary School	70	19.5	359
Virginia Stevenson Elementary School	69	22.2	311
Indian Riffle Elementary School	68	12	566
Klepinger Community School	64	11.9	538
Montgomery Preparatory Academy	64	24.7	259
Dayton Leadership Academies-Dayton View Campus	64	13.3	483
Beverly Gardens Elementary School	64	17.7	361
Belle Haven Elementary School	63	15	421
Bauer Elementary School	55	16	344
Prass Elementary School	55	13.8	399
Fairview Elementary School	54	12.1	447
Eastmont Elementary School	53	14.1	376
Roosevelt Elementary School	52	12.2	425
Cleveland Elementary School	52	14.4	362
Horace Mann Elementary School	51	13.4	381
Kemp Elementary School	51	16	318
Helke Elementary School	49	12.8	382
Louise Troy Elementary School	48	14.1	340
Beavertown Elementary School	47	13.1	358
Trotwood Preparatory & Fitness Academy	47	13.3	354
Kinder Elementary School	47	16.4	286
Edison Elementary School	46	12.6	364
Greenmont Elementary School	43	15.7	274
Mark Twain Elementary School	42	13.5	310
Orchard Park Elementary School	42	13.5	311
Demmitt Elementary School	41	12.9	319
Medlar View Elementary School	40	10.8	371
Bear Elementary School	40	18.7	214
Charity Adams Earley Girls Academy	39	12	325
Jane Chance Elementary School	38	12.8	298
Westwood Elementary School	38	10.1	376
Mound Elementary School	32	11.6	277
Horizon Science Academy-Dayton	27	14.3	189
City Day Community School	19	10.4	182
Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown	18	9.3	193
Blairwood Elementary School	17	12.3	138
Miami Valley Academies	12	12.1	99
Dayton SMART Elementary School	12	15.8	76
Dayton Business Technology High School	0	0	77
Dayton Early College Academy Inc.	0	0	336
Gem City Career Prep High School	0	0	132
Dayton Regional STEM School	0	0	757
Horizon Science Academy Dayton High School	0	0	264
Thurgood Marshall High School	0	0	521
Summit Academy Transition High School Dayton	0	0	37
Dayton Athletic Vocational Academy	0	0	93
Liberty High School	0	0	342
Belmont High School	0	0	1,078
Dunbar Early College High School	0	0	504
Mound Street Academy	0	0	158
Meadowdale High School	0	0	510
Wright Brothers Middle School	0	0	365
Stivers School for the Arts	0	0	817
Edwin Joel Brown Middle School	0	0	311
Wogaman Middle School	0	0	376
David H. Ponitz Career Technology Center	0	0	741
Kettering Middle School	0	0	1,009
Kettering Fairmont High School	0	0	2,428
Van Buren Middle School	0	0	610
Miamisburg High School	0	0	1,396
Miamisburg Middle School	0	0	1,108
Harman Elementary School	0	0	426
Oakwood High School	0	0	626
Oakwood Junior High School	0	0	303
Summit Academy Community School - Dayton	0	0	23
Dayton Career Technology High School	0	0	113
Northridge Middle School	0	0	383
Northridge High School	0	0	471
Valley View Junior High School	0	0	253
Valley View High School	0	0	430
Wayne High School	0	0	1,646
Weisenborn Junior High School	0	0	884
Trotwood-Madison High School	0	0	828
Trotwood-Madison Middle School	0	0	544
Westbrooke Village	0	0	327
Madison Park Elementary School	0	0	321
Jefferson Junior-Senior High School	0	0	83
Brookville Intermediate School	0	0	604
Brookville High School	0	0	399
West Carrollton Middle School	0	0	474
West Carrollton High School	0	0	893
Harold Schnell Elementary School	0	0	503
Harry Russell Elementary School	0	0	240
C. F. Holliday Elementary School	0	0	469
Morton Middle School	0	0	657
Smith Middle School	0	0	431
Smith Elementary School	0	0	519
Valley View Intermediate School	0	0	500
Centerville High School	0	0	2,678
Driscoll Elementary School	0	0	274
Dr. John Hole Elementary School	0	0	398
Normandy Elementary School	0	0	472
Stingley Elementary School	0	0	301
Tower Heights Middle School	0	0	558
Weller Elementary School	0	0	525
Hadley E. Watts Middle School	0	0	732
W. O. Cline Elementary School	0	0	472
Magsig Middle School	0	0	576
Butler High School	0	0	870
Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6)	0	0	523
Stebbins High School	0	0	1,075
Mad River Middle School	0	0	539
Dixie High School	0	0	281
Dixie Middle School	0	0	314
Englewood Hills Elementary School	0	0	376
Northmont High School	0	0	1,345
Northmont Middle School	0	0	715
Northmoor Elementary School	0	0	454
Union Elementary School	0	0	553
Northwood Elementary School	0	0	335