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Which teacher or staff member at Harman Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 16% |
This year's 1st grade class (57) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (66).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
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.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.5% | 91.3% |
| 2023-24 | 90.8% | 91.3% |
| 2022-23 | 91.8% | 91.4% |
| 2021-22 | 92.3% | 92.3% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Harman Elementary School
Harman Elementary School's state test result (91.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harman Elementary School this school | 403 | 3.7% | 91.1% |
| McDowell Early Learning School Hudson | 372 | 6.7% | N/A |
| Stevenson Elementary Columbus | 340 | 5.9% | 89.5% |
| Terrace Park Elementary School Terrace Park | 331 | 5.4% | 95.5% |
| Windermere Elementary School Upper Arlington | 555 | 4.3% | 93.5% |
| Wickliffe Elementary School Upper Arlington | 479 | 9.4% | 78.7% |
Matched among Ohio elementary 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 Harman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.1% | #31 of 673 | #1 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.3% | #60 of 1,569 ▼ 4 | #1 of 76 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.5% | #31 of 1,569 ▲ 20 | #1 of 76 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #404 of 1,514 | #22 of 69 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #816 of 1,808 | #44 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #474 of 1,582 | #13 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.5% | #894 of 1,590 | #63 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.7% | #762 of 767 | #40 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #562 of 992 | #19 of 36 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
403
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 331
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 403 | 25 | 16.1:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 25 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 428 | 33 | 13.0:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 331 | 17 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (453 to 403); teachers down 4% (26 to 25).
About Harman Elementary School
Harman Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in Dayton, Ohio. It reports enrollment of 403 students in grades 1 through 6.
Oakwood City has 2,002 students in 5 schools, and Harman Elementary School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Harman Elementary School is 82% White. The next largest groups are 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 4% Hispanic. The school's White share is 14 points above the 68% share among Montgomery County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
The school has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.1 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Of all students at Harman Elementary School, 4% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Montgomery County, the average is 42%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Harman Elementary School, the prediction is 87.4% and the result is 91.1%.
Census data for Montgomery County show the median household earns about $66,139 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Montgomery County number 160, with about 74,487 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Oakwood Junior High School, is the closest to Harman Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 5% over 4 years, reaching 403 in 2024-25.
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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.
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