Hadley E Watts Middle School

Hadley E Watts Middle School, an expansive 6-8 campus in Dayton, Ohio, part of Centerville City, works with 777 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 61% above the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Within Centerville City, which oversees 12 schools and 8,250 students, Hadley E Watts Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Hadley E Watts Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Asian, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 26% of students at Hadley E Watts Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Montgomery County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Hadley E Watts Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 78.9%, the actual is 74.3%, a residual of -4.6 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,139, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,487 students), of which Hadley E Watts Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Normandy Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hadley E Watts Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 78.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Hadley E Watts Middle School's enrollment has increased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 680 (now 777). Over the same period, the White share fell from 75% to 68%. Class-load math has widened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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