NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools OH

Best-Resourced Schools in Kettering, OH

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12 public K-12 schools in Kettering from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
8,315
Students
48.6/100
Avg Resource Index
17.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Resource breadth with tighter class loads

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Kettering has more public-school enrollment than 75% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Kettering's average Resource Investment Index ranks above most listed cities even though its student-teacher ratio is on the more crowded side of the national city distribution. That is a useful mismatch, not a contradiction: counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance can lift the composite while classroom staffing remains comparatively tight. Families should inspect the component scores on each school profile instead of reading the city index as a shorthand for small classes.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Kettering's 12 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Kettering's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 83rd percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 30th percentile. The 53-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 25%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
83rd percentile
Teacher staffing
30th percentile

Kettering Fairmont High School accounts for 29.4% of all Kettering public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Kettering-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Kettering school enrollment varies 9.2× across entities

Kettering school enrollment ranges from 265 students (lowest) to 2,445 students (highest), a spread of 2,180 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Kettering student-teacher ratio is 17.4:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Kettering is typically wider than the Kettering-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Orchard Park Elementary School 58
2. Dayton Regional Stem School 57
3. Greenmont Elementary School 52
4. Kettering Middle School 50
5. Van Buren Middle School 49
6. Prass Elementary School 49
7. Beavertown Elementary School 49
8. Indian Riffle Elementary School 46
9. Kettering Fairmont High School 45
10. Oakview Elementary School 44
11. J F Kennedy Elementary School 43
12. Southdale Elementary School 41

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Kettering

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 J F Kennedy Elementary School 58.4/100
  2. 2 Dayton Regional Stem School 55.7/100
  3. 3 Beavertown Elementary School 48.5/100
  4. 4 Greenmont Elementary School 47.3/100
  5. 5 Kettering Middle School 45.0/100

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Which Kettering school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Orchard Park Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Kettering schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Kettering, OH? ▼

Kettering has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,315 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.