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Montgomery Preparatory Academy

Public, Charter Grades K-8

1417^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,560 Ohio Elementary Schools

Better than 9% of Ohio elementary schools

Summary

Montgomery Preparatory Academy is a K–8 school in Dayton, Ohio, serving 237 students as part of the Montgomery Preparatory Academy district. It ranks near the bottom of Ohio schools — 1417th of 1560 in 2025–26 (9th percentile, 0 stars), while its district ranks 718th of 773. Recent years have stayed in the same low range, with percentiles of 9, 16, and 9 from 2023–24 through 2025–26; the best recent year was the 29th percentile in 2020–21.

Chronic absenteeism is the school's most striking challenge: 77.5% of students were chronically absent in 2025–26, up from 71.0% in 2021–22. Nearby Dayton City schools such as Eastmont Elementary School, Kemp Elementary School, Horace Mann Elementary School, and Cleveland Elementary School report rates around 18–28%; Kettering City School District schools like Orchard Park Elementary School, Greenmont Elementary School, and Beavertown Elementary School report about 10–15%; and Oakwood City schools — Smith Elementary School, Harman Elementary School, and Julian & Marjorie Lange School Elementary School — report just 1.7–5.7%. Montgomery's rate is more than 13 times the lowest Oakwood rate.

On the 14 Ohio State Tests reported in 2025–26, average proficiency is about 24.6% versus roughly 60.1% statewide. Math is weakest, averaging about 11.6% proficient and ranging from 0% in 7th grade to 28.6% in 4th grade; in grades 3–6 it trails nearby Dayton City schools including Eastmont, Horace Mann, Cleveland, and Kemp. English Language Arts averages about 35.6%, with 5th grade (57.1%) above every nearby Dayton City 5th-grade result. Reported student groups differ widely in performance. Class size (16.9 students per teacher in 2024–25) is mid-range, but per-student spending ($8,711 in 2018–19) is lower than every nearby school with reported spending. Free/reduced-price lunch data is not reported here, so poverty comparisons are not possible.

237

Students ?

16.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,547

Per pupil spending ?

84.0%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

38%

Kindergartners complete for all required vaccines (2025-26)

Exemptions: 6% (any vaccine)

2745 S Smithville Rd
Dayton, OH 45420-2668

(937) 991-2900

District: Montgomery Preparatory Academy

Racial breakdown:

African American:

55.3%

White:

23.6%

Hispanic:

11.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 29th percentile in 2021 → 9th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (25% vs 60% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped from its 29th-percentile peak (2021) to 9th (2026)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school25%

Ohio avg60%

Elementary school

1,417^th of 1,560

Ohio public elementary schools ?

Bottom 9%▲ up 8 pts since 2019

From bottom 1% (2019) to bottom 9% (2026)

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Middle school

877^th of 1,046

Ohio public middle schools ?

Bottom 16%▲ up 11 pts since 2019

From bottom 6% (2019) to bottom 16% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

718^th of 773Montgomery Preparatory Academy among Ohio districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	9.5	1417 of 1560	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	16.5	1302 of 1558	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	8.5	1438 of 1577	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.5	1296 of 1596	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.8	1295 of 1588	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.2	1136 of 1610	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	2.7	1651 of 1676	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	41.0	343 of 615	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.7	451 of 603	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.7	385 of 610	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.3	423 of 601	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.8	392 of 533	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	8.7	594 of 605	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	15.3	1231 of 1452	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.2	1206 of 1483	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	1200 of 1488	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	3.0	1470 of 1502	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	10.9	1332 of 1467	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	22.2	1199 of 1473	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.6	1354 of 1484	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	26.2	1103 of 1447	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.2	1141 of 1419	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	38.3	882 of 1404	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	4.0	1433 of 1465	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	3.2	1433 of 1467	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	14.1	1261 of 1466	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.8	1307 of 1518	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.4	1129 of 1499	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	4.9	1473 of 1535	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	1.9	1155 of 1175	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	14.2	877 of 1046	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.4	822 of 1036	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.0	895 of 1046	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	5.8	999 of 1048	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.5	930 of 1017	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.0	919 of 1037	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	5.7	991 of 1050	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2024	20.8	343 of 429	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.9	345 of 436	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.1	382 of 413	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	24.8	292 of 385	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.8	373 of 405	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2019	4.5	878 of 917	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	17.7	816 of 996	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	23.8	758 of 983	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.1	862 of 989	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	5.4	942 of 974	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.6	877 of 947	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.0	810 of 923	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	6.9	886 of 945	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	6.0	896 of 955	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.7	857 of 963	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.4	857 of 946	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

African American (2025)44th percentile+28 vs school

Female (2026)15th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)9th percentile~ school

Male (2026)2nd percentile-7 vs school

White (2025)2nd percentile-15 vs school

Middle school

African American (2024)20th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)18th percentile~ school

Male (2026)6th percentile-10 vs school

Female (2019)4th percentile~ school

By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts36%-27 vs state

Science31%-31 vs state

Mathematics12%-46 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Ohio State Tests Science (2026)		Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2026)						Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2026)						Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners complete for all required vaccines	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Montgomery Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2745 S Smithville Rd	Dayton	45420	Montgomery County	Montgomery Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 991-2900	237	14	16.9	—	56 (23.6%)	131 (55.3%)	26 (11.0%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.2%)	9.5	1417^th of 1560 public elementary schools	9.2%		16.5	1302^nd of 1558 public elementary schools	16.4%	115	28.6	33.3	10.0	28.6	14.3	5.3	0.0	11.1	20.0	35.7	57.1	15.0	35.7	50.0	38%	6%	$10,547
Horace Mann Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	715 Krebs Ave	Dayton	45419	Montgomery County	Dayton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 542-4890	385	23	16.7	—	177 (46.0%)	134 (34.8%)	38 (9.9%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.1%)	18.2	1282^nd of 1560 public elementary schools	17.8%		24	1197^th of 1558 public elementary schools	23.2%	85	40.0		31.0	34.0	29.4	35.6			45.2	36.2	48.6	31.8			89.5%	3.5%	$15,807
Greenmont Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 E Wren Cir	Kettering	45420	Montgomery County	Kettering City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 499-1850	265	16	16.4	73.6%	188 (70.9%)	26 (9.8%)	25 (9.4%)	5 (1.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.5%)	63	676^th of 1560 public elementary schools	56.7%		68.3	560^th of 1558 public elementary schools	64.1%	116	74.3		67.6	65.8	71.4				67.6	65.8	68.6				84.4%	13.3%	$14,531
Cleveland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1102 Pursell Ave	Dayton	45420	Montgomery County	Dayton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 542-4340	404	22	18.3	—	141 (34.9%)	123 (30.4%)	93 (23.0%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (10.6%)	17.7	1289^th of 1560 public elementary schools	17.4%		17.6	1288^th of 1558 public elementary schools	17.3%	1	29.3		40.4	30.0	26.8	24.5			46.8	26.0	51.2	42.9			83.6%	1.8%	$15,189
Beavertown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2700 Wilmington Pike	Kettering	45419	Montgomery County	Kettering City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 499-1740	380	21	18.5	55.0%	266 (70.0%)	40 (10.5%)	34 (8.9%)	7 (1.8%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (7.6%)	73.6	469^th of 1560 public elementary schools	69.9%		74.2	448^th of 1558 public elementary schools	71.2%	21	80.9		63.3	83.3	85.1				68.3	72.2	80.9				87.8%	8.2%	$12,934
Smith Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1701 Shafor Blvd	Dayton	45419	Montgomery County	Oakwood City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 297-5335	494	33	14.9	11.1%	391 (79.1%)	5 (1.0%)	32 (6.5%)	25 (5.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.9%)	91.5	46^th of 1560 public elementary schools	97.1%		90.1	57^th of 1558 public elementary schools	96.3%	11	91.5		89.7	92.8	88.5	85.5			97.1	92.8	90.2	91.2					$14,475
Eastmont Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1480 Edendale Rd	Dayton	45432	Montgomery County	Dayton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 542-4490	414	19	21.7	—	244 (58.9%)	61 (14.7%)	72 (17.4%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (7.7%)	17.8	1288^th of 1560 public elementary schools	17.4%		29	1128^th of 1558 public elementary schools	27.6%	160	26.3		54.8	28.6	28.1	21.1			48.8	42.9	49.1	13.2			92.9%	7.1%	$14,726
Harman Elementary School	Public	1-6	735 Harman Ave	Dayton	45419	Montgomery County	Oakwood City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 297-5338	403	25	16.1	3.7%	331 (82.1%)	3 (0.7%)	16 (4.0%)	18 (4.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.9%)	91	52^nd of 1560 public elementary schools	96.7%		92.3	23^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	98.5%	29	93.3		84.3	93.8	93.5	88.3	100.0		88.6	86.2	95.0	91.7					$16,736
Orchard Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	600 E Dorothy Ln	Kettering	45419	Montgomery County	Kettering City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 499-1910	294	23	12.7	49.0%	227 (77.2%)	22 (7.5%)	15 (5.1%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (8.5%)	83.6	202^nd of 1560 public elementary schools	87.1%		82.9	225^th of 1558 public elementary schools	85.6%	23	75.6		90.5	91.1	72.7				85.7	87.5	82.2				93.8%	2.1%	$14,112
Kemp Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1923 Gondert Ave	Dayton	45403	Montgomery County	Dayton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 542-5090	422	20	21.1	—	127 (30.1%)	137 (32.5%)	114 (27.0%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	36 (8.5%)	9.3	1419^th of 1560 public elementary schools	9.0%		14	1339^th of 1558 public elementary schools	14.1%	80	17.8		33.3	29.6	8.9	4.3			43.1	40.7	37.8	13.3			80.3%	0%	$14,934

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Montgomery Preparatory Academy ranks in the bottom 9.2% of Ohio elementary schools.

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Students at Montgomery Preparatory Academy are 55% African American, 24% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 3% American Indian.

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In the 2024-25 school year, 237 students attended Montgomery Preparatory Academy.

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