Dayton SMART Elementary School

Set in Dayton, Ohio, Dayton SMART Elementary School is a minimally staffed K-5 school, operated by Dayton SMART Elementary School. It works with 94 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 77% smaller than the state mean of about 404.

Dayton SMART Elementary School is a school of Dayton SMART Elementary School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dayton SMART Elementary School logs that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 38% Black, 11% multiracial, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 4% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) reports that median household earnings sit near $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. Dayton SMART Elementary School is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 74,487 students).

Nearest neighbor: Emerson Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dayton SMART Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. Dayton SMART Elementary 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. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dayton SMART Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 93 students in 2018 to 94 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 46% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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