Dayton Business Technology High School

Dayton Business Technology High School operates as a rural-scale four-year high school in Dayton, Ohio, operated by Dayton Business Technology High School. Current enrollment sits at 62 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 89% leaner than the state mean of about 565.

Dayton Business Technology High School is the operating authority for Dayton Business Technology High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Dayton Business Technology High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (84%). Beyond that, the school records 6% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 20% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Dayton Business Technology High School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.2:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Dayton Business Technology High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.9%; actual is 23.1%, a gap of -29.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Montgomery County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,139 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dayton Business Technology High School is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 74,487 students).

Nearest neighbor: River's Edge Montessori Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an urban site. Dayton Business Technology High School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Dayton Business Technology High School's enrollment has declined 62% since 2018, when it stood at 164 (now 62). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 92% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 6.2:1 today.

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