Northridge Local

Northridge Local in Dayton, Ohio, is a small district of three schools—Northridge Elementary School (PK–5, 796 students), Northridge Middle School (6–8, 355 students), and Northridge High School (9–12, 493 students)—serving 1,644 students total, with all schools at 2011 Timber Ln, Dayton, OH 45414, and a district rank of 712 out of 773 in Ohio (8th percentile, 0 stars).

Among the three, Northridge Middle School has the clearest academic bright spot: Algebra I proficiency was 78.6% in 2025–26, compared with 37.8% district and 61.6% state. However, other middle school subjects are far below state averages, including 7th grade math at 9.3% and 8th grade science at 15.1%. Northridge High School stands out for a 97.4% graduation rate, above the district’s 96.7%, but its test proficiency is weak: Geometry 3.3%, Biology 21%, and English II 36%, with chronic absenteeism at 39.3%. Northridge Elementary School is showing upward movement, with rank percentile improving from 11th to 16th to 19th, though it remains below state averages, including 5th grade science at 18% and 5th grade math at 22.5%.

Across the district, chronic absenteeism is high: elementary 34.4%, middle 39.2%, high 39.3%, and district 36.7%. The middle school has the lowest student-teacher ratio, 14.7, while the elementary school has the highest per-student spending in the old 2018–19 data, $11,180, but outcomes do not simply follow resources. Free/reduced lunch data were blank, so economic disadvantage cannot be assessed from this extract. Overall, Northridge Local is in the bottom 8% of Ohio, with urgent red flags in high school Geometry and Biology, middle school math and science, and elementary 5th grade science and math; the main bright spots are middle school Algebra I and the high school graduation rate.