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Enrollment
777
Middle
DISTRICT 640 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTERVILLE CITY·NCES 390437300270
Hadley E Watts Middle School
7056 Mcewen Rd, Dayton, OH 45459 · (937) 434-0370 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL777 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
204 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 257 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 257 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 263 | 34% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Hadley E Watts Middle School→Centerville High School
Based on grade levels within Centerville City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
75.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.8pp since 2021
Math
78.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.2% | 78.3% |
| 2023-24 | 72.8% | 77.7% |
| 2022-23 | 79.6% | 81.6% |
| 2021-22 | 71.4% | 74.8% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hadley E Watts Middle School
Hadley E Watts Middle School's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley E Watts Middle School this school | 777 | 26.3% | 74.3% |
| Columbia Intermediate School Kings Mills | 809 | 22.6% | 82.6% |
| Kings Junior High School Kings Mills | 730 | 24.2% | 79.0% |
| Magsig Middle School Centerville | 571 | 28.4% | 73.8% |
| Tallmadge Middle School Tallmadge | 614 | 31.6% | 70.5% |
| Sycamore Junior High School Cincinnati | 921 | 16.8% | 86.1% |
Matched among Ohio middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hadley E Watts Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #136 of 316 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #153 of 637 no change | #3 of 22 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #159 of 637 ▲ 7 | #5 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #257 of 629 | #11 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 777 | #86 of 654 | #4 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #351 of 577 | #17 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #163 of 579 | #10 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #236 of 319 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.3% | #61 of 169 | #3 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
777
+61 (+9%) vs 2020
+84% since 1990-91, when it was 423
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 777 | 44.5 | 17.5:1 | 26% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 732 | 46.1 | 15.9:1 | 24% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 687 | 40 | 17.2:1 | 16% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 41 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 680 | 48.1 | 14.1:1 | 14% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 725 | 48 | 15.1:1 | 14% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 736 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 11% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 32 | 18.2:1 | 4% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 423 | 30 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hadley E Watts Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (680 to 777); teachers down 8% (48.1 to 44.5).
About Hadley E Watts Middle School
Hadley E Watts Middle School is a large middle school in Ohio, with an address in Dayton. Enrollment is 777 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. Against the 482-student average for middle schools in Ohio, enrollment here is 61% higher.
Centerville City is the district for Hadley E Watts Middle School. It has 12 schools and 8,250 students.
White students are the majority at Hadley E Watts Middle School, with 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Asian, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, about 68% of residents are White. Hadley E Watts Middle School's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 44.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.5:1. That matches the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio fairly closely. Around 26% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Montgomery County averages 42%, higher than here.
On BeatsExpectations, Hadley E Watts Middle School is 4.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Ohio schools.
Hadley E Watts Middle School is located in Montgomery County, where the median household income is $66,139, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Hadley E Watts Middle School, Montgomery County has 159 other public schools.
Normandy Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 74.3% is below the 78.1% average for nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment is up 9% from 2020-21, when Hadley E Watts Middle School had 716 students, to 2024-25, when it had 777.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Hadley E Watts Middle School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
536,096
Census ACS
Median income
$66,139
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
74,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Centerville City
- Centerville High SchoolHigh · 2,720 students
- Centerville Primary Village SouthElementary · 679 students
- Magsig Middle SchoolMiddle · 571 students
- Tower Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 571 students
- Centerville Primary Village NorthElementary · 545 students
- Weller Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
Other schools in Dayton
- Belmont High SchoolHigh · 1,153 students
- Stebbins High SchoolHigh · 1,092 students
- DECA PREPElementary · 950 students
- Pathway School of DiscoveryElementary · 843 students
- Stivers School For The ArtsHigh · 837 students
- Northridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 796 students
Nearby schools
- Normandy Elementary School0.7 mi · 495
- Dr John Hole Elementary School1.4 mi · 376
- Magsig Middle School1.5 mi · 571
- Centerville Primary Village South1.6 mi · 679
- W O Cline Elementary School1.7 mi · 434
- Stingley Elementary School1.8 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About Hadley E Watts Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hadley E Watts Middle School?
Hadley E Watts Middle School enrolls approximately 777 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Hadley E Watts Middle School serve?
Hadley E Watts Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Hadley E Watts Middle School have?
Hadley E Watts Middle School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Hadley E Watts Middle School?
Student demographics at Hadley E Watts Middle School are roughly 68% White, 4% Hispanic, 8% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Hadley E Watts Middle School?
Hadley E Watts Middle School is overseen by Centerville City in Montgomery County.
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