Klepinger Community School

Klepinger Community School is a single-school district on Klepinger Road in Dayton, Ohio — a K–8 public community (charter) school serving 540 students, so the school and the Klepinger Community School district are the same building and there are no other schools in this area to compare it against.

The clearest bright spot is mathematics, especially in the middle grades. Every tested math grade improved from 2024‑25 to 2025‑26, with gains ranging from +7.5 to +33.0 percentage points. Sixth-grade math reached 70.4% proficient — 14.2 points above the Ohio average — and seventh-grade math hit 51.2%, also above the state (48.6%). Grouped together, grades 5–7 math averages 58.8% versus a state average of 54.6%, so this band is now above the state in math. The school has also climbed in the state rankings for three straight years, moving up 212 places and from the 7th to the 19th percentile, though it remains in the bottom fifth of Ohio schools with a 1-star rating.

Outside of middle-grades math, results lag well behind the state. Science is the deepest weakness: 5th-grade science sits at 2.5% proficient (down from 7.3%) and 8th-grade science at 6.8%, against state averages near 62% — a gap of roughly 57 points. ELA averages 28.6% versus a 62.1% state average, and no ELA grade reached the state bar in either year. Eighth grade is below state in every subject. Two operational concerns stand out as well: a 38.5:1 student–teacher ratio and 27.2% chronic absenteeism, meaning more than one in four students misses enough school to be flagged. Note also that the $7,203 per-pupil spending figure dates from 2018‑19, free/reduced lunch is unreported, and year-to-year grade comparisons reflect different groups of students rather than the same children improving.