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Alumni: what's one memory from Prass Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 401 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KETTERING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 390441801109
Prass Elementary School
2601 Parklawn Dr, Kettering, OH 45440 · (937) 499-1780 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
162 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
84.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.3pp since 2021
Math
83.2%
OH avg 56.1% . -7.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.4% | 83.2% |
| 2023-24 | 89.8% | 90.5% |
| 2022-23 | 88.8% | 89.8% |
| 2021-22 | 88.7% | 90.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
85.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 74% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 11 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 Prass Elementary School
Prass Elementary School's state test result (85.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prass Elementary School this school | 420 | 38.6% | 85.7% |
| H G Blake Elementary School Medina | 470 | 36.6% | 77.5% |
| Elmwood Elementary School Lima | 508 | 39.2% | N/A |
| Mulberry Elementary School Milford | 446 | 37.2% | 79.5% |
| David Smith Elementary School Delaware | 376 | 39.4% | 70.0% |
| Applewood Elementary School Brunswick | 475 | 39.6% | 73.5% |
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 Prass Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.7% | #120 of 673 | #3 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #281 of 1,569 ▼ 216 | #7 of 76 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #160 of 1,569 ▼ 92 | #5 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.8pp | #123 of 1,514 | #7 of 69 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #749 of 1,808 | #39 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #534 of 1,582 | #16 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.2% | #755 of 1,590 | #51 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #416 of 767 | #27 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #415 of 561 | #29 of 39 |
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
420
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 420 | 25.6 | 16.4:1 | 39% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 24.6 | 16.1:1 | 35% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 24.6 | 17.7:1 | 31% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 26 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 26.2 | 15.3:1 | 25% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 23 | 18.3:1 | 25% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 20 | 18.4:1 | 27% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 9% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | 24 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prass Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (401 to 420); teachers down 2% (26.2 to 25.6).
About Prass Elementary School
In Kettering, Ohio, Prass Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 420 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
A total of 13 schools make up Kettering City School District, with 7,635 students enrolled.
At Prass Elementary School, 78% of students are White. The remaining students are 8% multiracial, 8% Black, and 5% Hispanic. Census figures show Montgomery County is about 68% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 38%.
Prass Elementary School has 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. The school's 16.4:1 compares with an average of 17.9:1 for elementary schools in Ohio. The school has 39% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Prass Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Ohio schools. It scores 85.7%; the prediction is 74.2%.
Looking at the county, Montgomery County, median household income comes to about $66,139, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 160 public schools and about 74,487 students.
Of the public schools around it, Prass Elementary School is closest to J F Kennedy Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Prass Elementary School at 1st of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal data show 430 students in 2020-21 and 420 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
This page collects posts and questions about Prass Elementary School, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Kettering City School District
- Kettering Fairmont High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Kettering Middle SchoolMiddle · 982 students
- J F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Van Buren Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Southdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Indian Riffle Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
Other schools in Kettering
- Kettering Fairmont High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Kettering Middle SchoolMiddle · 982 students
- Dayton Regional STEM SchoolHigh · 801 students
- J F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Van Buren Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Southdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
Nearby schools
- J F Kennedy Elementary School0.9 mi · 602
- Kettering Middle School1.1 mi · 982
- Indian Riffle Elementary School1.1 mi · 521
- Driscoll Elementary School2.0 mi · 269
- Oakview Elementary School2.1 mi · 477
- Beavertown Elementary School2.4 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About Prass Elementary SchoolHow large is Prass Elementary School?
Prass Elementary School enrolls approximately 420 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Prass Elementary School serve?
Prass Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Prass Elementary School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Prass Elementary School.
How diverse is Prass Elementary School?
Prass Elementary School reports a student body of 78% White, 5% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Prass Elementary School public or private?
Prass Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kettering City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.