Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School

As a very small four-year high school in Dayton, Ohio, Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School works with 128 students from grades 7 through 12, operated by Jefferson Township Local. That puts it 77% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School is one of 3 schools operated by Jefferson Township Local, a district that teaches 277 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School reports that 69% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 14% White, 13% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the resource side, On paper, Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Montgomery County shows median household earnings sit near $66,139, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,487 students), of which Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Blairwood Elementary School, around 2.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 150 students in 2018 compared to 128 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 75% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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