Dayton Regional STEM School

Dayton Regional STEM School operates as a moderately sized 9-12 campus in Kettering, Ohio, one of the schools within Dayton Regional STEM School. Current enrollment sits at 801 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 42% bigger than typical.

Operationally, Dayton Regional STEM School answers to Dayton Regional STEM School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Dayton Regional STEM School shows that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 12% multiracial, 8% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 17% 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 meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dayton Regional STEM School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 82.2%; this one delivers 84.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Montgomery County shows median household income runs about $66,139, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,487 students), Dayton Regional STEM School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Greenmont Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dayton Regional STEM School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dayton Regional STEM School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 73.9%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 19%: 672 students in 2018 compared to 801 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 70% to 64% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.