Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6)

Located at 5001 Eastman Ave, in Dayton, Ohio, Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) is a moderately sized junior high that teaches 515 students (grades 4 through 6), operated by Mad River Local.

Mad River Local comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,756 students; Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) lists that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Black, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household earnings sit near $66,139, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,487 students), of which Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) is one.

The closest other public school is Kemp Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 568 students in 2018 compared to 515 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 78% to 68% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

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