Summary:
Kettering, Ohio has 12 schools — eight elementary, two middle, one high school, and one alternative K–12 school — enrolling about 8,315 students. Eleven of them belong to the Kettering City School District, which ranks 179 of 773 Ohio districts (77th percentile) with 4 stars; the twelfth, Dayton Regional STEM Schools, is listed under its own Dayton Regional STEM Schools district.
Several schools stand out. Dayton Regional STEM Schools has the strongest profile: a 98.7% graduation rate, 8.2% chronic absenteeism, the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (17.48%) and the lowest per-student spending ($7,593), plus exceptional scores such as 95.9% in American Government (state 71.6%) and 91.1% in English II (state 62.7%). Among Kettering elementaries, Prass Elementary School (ranked 200 of 1,560, with the lowest absenteeism in the list at 5.7%), Orchard Park Elementary School (202 of 1,560, smallest classes at 12.7 students per teacher), and Oakview Elementary School (212 of 1,560) lead on proficiency. Kettering Middle School improved markedly, rising from 393 of 1,046 to 245 of 1,046, while Van Buren Middle School remains steady at 277 of 1,046.
Other patterns matter for families. Chronic absenteeism climbs with grade level: Kettering elementaries range from 5.7% to 14.7%, the middle schools are 17.0% and 18.1%, and Kettering Fairmont High School is highest at 23.3%, even though its 96.4% graduation rate is strong and its Integrated Math II proficiency is just 7.4% versus 35.3% statewide. Greenmont Elementary School is the lowest-ranked Kettering school (676 of 1,560) and has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (73.58%). Spending and class size show no simple link to results.
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