Edison Elementary School

Located at 228 N Broadway St, in Dayton, Ohio, Edison Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that enrolls 357 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Dayton City.

Edison Elementary School is one of 26 schools operated by Dayton City, a district that works with 12,118 students overall.

Demographically, Edison Elementary School logs that nearly all students (87%) are Black. The remainder is composed of 5% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,139 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,487 students), of which Edison Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Alliance Community Schools Inc. dba Dayton Leadership Acade, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Edison Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Edison Elementary School has decreased 13%, going from 410 students in 2018 to 357 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 95% to 87%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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