Stivers School For The Arts

Stivers School For The Arts is a senior high of medium-sized scale in Dayton, Ohio, one of the schools within Dayton City, works with 837 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 48% larger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

Dayton City runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 12,118 students. Stivers School For The Arts is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stivers School For The Arts logs that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 29% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 20% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Stivers School For The Arts has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages about 17.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Across the wider county, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,139 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Stivers School For The Arts is one.

The closest other public school is Jefferson Township Local School District, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stivers School For The Arts has edged down 5%, going from 883 students in 2018 to 837 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 5% to 11% over that span.

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