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What's one thing Smith Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKWOOD CITY·NCES 390445801469
Smith Elementary School
1701 Shafor Blvd, Dayton, OH 45419 · (937) 297-5335 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
55 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 62 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 16% |
Student demographics
36%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
91.2%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.5pp since 2021
Math
85.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +4.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 are up about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.2% | 85.3% |
| 2023-24 | 92.4% | 85.3% |
| 2022-23 | 87.1% | 81.0% |
| 2021-22 | 91.6% | 81.0% |
% 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
88.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Smith Elementary School
Smith Elementary School's state test result (88.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Elementary School this school | 494 | 11.1% | 88.8% |
| Wickliffe Elementary School Upper Arlington | 479 | 9.4% | 78.7% |
| Fort Meigs Elementary School Perrysburg | 540 | 11.5% | 87.2% |
| Independence Primary School Independence | 440 | 13.9% | 88.8% |
| Walnut Creek Elementary Galena | 546 | 8.6% | 84.7% |
| Indian Hill Primary Elementary School Cincinnati | 486 | 7.4% | N/A |
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 Smith Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.8% | #66 of 673 | #2 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #210 of 1,569 ▼ 24 | #5 of 76 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.2% | #34 of 1,569 no change | #2 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #855 of 1,514 | #37 of 69 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #497 of 1,808 | #31 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #278 of 1,582 | #8 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #792 of 1,590 | #56 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #711 of 767 | #39 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #376 of 561 | #25 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
494
+55 (+13%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 494 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 11% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 31.5 | 16.3:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 29.5 | 17.6:1 | 6% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 27 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 27.6 | 16.8:1 | 6% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 28 | 16.8:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 9% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 2% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 419 | 23 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smith Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (463 to 494); teachers up 20% (27.6 to 33).
About Smith Elementary School
Smith Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Dayton, Ohio. Enrollment stands at 494 students, covering pre-K through 6. That is 22% bigger than the average of about 404 students for elementary schools in Ohio.
District-wide, Oakwood City has 5 schools and 2,002 students.
The student body at Smith Elementary School is 79% White. The rest of enrollment is 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. Among all residents of Montgomery County, the White share is about 68%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 36%.
On staff are 33 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 11% of students at Smith Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Montgomery County average 42%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Smith Elementary School is 84.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 88.8%.
The county, Montgomery County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $66,139 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Montgomery County has 160 public schools with about 74,487 students, including Smith Elementary School.
The closest school to Smith Elementary School is Oakwood High School, located about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Smith Elementary School is 2nd of 5 on proficiency.
Smith Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 439 (2020-21) to 494 (2024-25). Students per teacher dropped from 16.3 in 2020-21 to 15.0 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Smith Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Harman Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 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
Other Smith Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 9 states are named Smith Elementary. Smith Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 21.
- Smith Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 730 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 650 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 642 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolSPRING, TX · 624 students
- Smith Elementary SchoolPRINCETON, TX · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Oakwood High School0.4 mi · 656
- Oakwood Junior High School0.4 mi · 319
- Julian & Marjorie Lange School Elementary School0.7 mi · 130
- Harman Elementary School0.7 mi · 403
- Horace Mann Elementary School1.0 mi · 385
- Orchard Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Smith Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Smith Elementary School?
Smith Elementary School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades PK-06.
Is Smith Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Smith Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Smith Elementary School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Smith Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Smith Elementary School?
Student demographics at Smith Elementary School are roughly 79% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Smith Elementary School public or private?
Smith Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oakwood City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.