Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6)

Public middle school, grades 4 to 6 · Dayton, Ohio

Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) in Dayton, Ohio enrolled 515 students in 2024-25 with 27.0 full-time teachers, 19.1 students per teacher against the Ohio middle-school median of 16.4. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 53-57% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 46% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Ohio: 59% and 54.3%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 5% from 2022-23 to 2024-25

543 students in 2022-23, 521 students in 2023-24, 515 students in 2024-25.

Students enrolled at Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) by school year2022-23: 543, 2023-24: 521, 2024-25: 51502004006002022-235432023-245212024-25515
Students enrolled at Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) by school year2022-23: 543, 2023-24: 521, 2024-25: 51502004006002022-235432023-245212024-25515
Students enrolled at Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) by school year2022-23: 543, 2023-24: 521, 2024-25: 51502004006002022-235432023-245212024-25515
Students enrolled at Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) by school year2022-23: 543, 2023-24: 521, 2024-25: 51502004006002022-235432023-245212024-25515
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-23543not reportednot reported
2023-2452128.018.6
2024-2551527.019.1

19.1 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 75 of every 100 Ohio middle schools

Among the 640 Ohio middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 16.4; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, Ohio middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 8.8 to 54.0; This school 19.1; state median 16.4.3 more above 30.0 →51015202530students per full-time teacherThis school 19.1state median 16.4U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Ohio middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 8.8 to 54.0; This school 19.1; state median 16.4.3 more above 30.0 →51015202530students per full-time teacherThis school 19.1state median 16.4U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Ohio middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 8.8 to 54.0; This school 19.1; state median 16.4.3 more above 30.0 →5152530students per full-time teacherThis school 19.1state median 16.4U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Ohio middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 8.8 to 54.0; This school 19.1; state median 16.4.3 more above 30.0 →5152530students per full-time teacherThis school 19.1state median 16.4U.S. 14.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

One counselor per 507 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) enrolled 507 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 62 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 507 of the 507 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions62
  • Chronically absent33.9% (2022-23)

Who attends

68.2% of students were White, 13.0% Black, 9.5% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. White68.2%
  2. Black13.0%
  3. Two or more races9.5%
  4. Hispanic6.0%
  5. Asian2.5%
  6. American Indian0.4%
  7. Pacific Islander0.4%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) scored proficient or above: 53-57% in reading in 2021-22 and 46% in math in 2022-23, against 59% in reading in 2021-22 and 54.3% in math in 2022-23 across Ohio. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Ohio, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtOhio
Reading and language arts, 2021-2253‑57%52‑56%59%
Math, 2022-2346%43‑47% (2021-22)54.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Middle schools in Dayton

11 public middle schools in Dayton report 2024-25 enrollment; Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) is number 3 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Hadley E Watts Middle School77717.524.6%
Mad River Middle School56215.949.7%
Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6)51519.152.5%
West Carrollton Intermediate School45316.250.3%
Wright Brothers Middle School37417.8not reported
Northridge Middle School35514.8not reported
Edwin Joel Brown Middle School32612.5not reported
Oakwood Junior High School31911.8not reported

All public schools in Dayton →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6)

  1. Wright Brothers Middle SchoolThe nearest public middle school, 1.5 miles away: 374 students, 17.8 per teacher (2024-25).1.5 mi
  2. Mad River Middle SchoolThe next nearest public middle school, 2.9 miles away: 562 students, 15.9 per teacher (2024-25).2.9 mi
  3. Compare Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) with Wright Brothers Middle SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Mad River Local spends per student$14,359 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,359
  5. The largest public schools in OhioSpinning Hills Middle School (5-6) is the number 247 by size of 650 Ohio middle schools open in 2024-25.#247 of 650
  6. Ohio schools by students per teacher19.1 students per teacher here against the Ohio median of 16.4 for middle schools.19.1:1
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6)

  1. How many students attend Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6)?
    515 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 543 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Dayton, OH.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6)?
    19.1 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Ohio median for middle schools is 16.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) a Title I school?
    Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).
  4. How do students at Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) do on state tests?
    The students tested at Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) scored proficient or above: 53-57% in reading in 2021-22 and 46% in math in 2022-23, against 59% in reading in 2021-22 and 54.3% in math in 2022-23 across Ohio. Ohio's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is Spinning Hills Middle School (5-6) in?
    Mad River Local, NCES district ID 3904870. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 390487003359 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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