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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKWOOD CITY·NCES 390445801466
Harman Elementary School
735 Harman Ave, Dayton, OH 45419 · (937) 297-5338 · Montgomery County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
15 students
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Based on grade levels within Oakwood City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
91.5%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.8pp since 2021
Math
91.3%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
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
91.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
87.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 87% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
403
-50 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 17.4:1
% White
82%
was 78%
% Hispanic
4%
was 8%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
4%
was 6%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Harman Elementary School
Located at 735 Harman Ave, in Dayton, Ohio, Harman Elementary School is an average-sized elementary campus that hosts 403 students (grades 1 through 6), operated by Oakwood City.
Across the 5 schools in Oakwood City (2,002 students total), Harman Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Harman Elementary School shows that nearly all students (82%) are White; the rest breaks down as 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Around 4% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Montgomery County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
With demographic context factored in, Harman Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 87.4%, the actual is 91.1%, a residual of +3.7 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) reports that 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. Harman Elementary School is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 74,487 students).
Oakwood Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harman Elementary School.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 453 students in 2018 compared to 403 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.
Inside the community feed, members of the Harman Elementary School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Oakwood City
- Oakwood High SchoolHigh · 656 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Oakwood Junior High SchoolMiddle · 319 students
- Julian & Marjorie Lange School Elementary SchoolElementary · 130 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
- Oakwood Junior High School0.4 mi · 319
- Oakwood High School0.4 mi · 656
- Smith Elementary School0.7 mi · 494
- Dayton Early College Academy Inc1.0 mi · 327
- Horace Mann Elementary School1.0 mi · 385
- Julian & Marjorie Lange School Elementary School1.4 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About Harman Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harman Elementary School?
Harman Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades 01-06.
What grades does Harman Elementary School serve?
Harman Elementary School serves grades 01-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harman Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harman Elementary School is approximately 16.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harman Elementary School?
At Harman Elementary School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Harman Elementary School?
Harman Elementary School is overseen by Oakwood City in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.