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Oakwood Junior High School

Public Grades 7-8
12th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,046 Ohio Middle Schools
Better than 99% of Ohio middle schools
Summary

Oakwood Junior High School is a grades 7–8 middle school serving 319 students at 1200 Far Hills Ave. in Dayton, Ohio, part of the Oakwood City school district, which ranks 12th of 773 Ohio districts and is one of the highest-performing districts in the state.

Academically, Oakwood Junior High School ranks 12th of 1,046 Ohio middle schools. Its 2025–26 proficiency rates run 27.9 to 39.4 percentage points above the state average in every grade-level subject. Compared with the strongest nearby school, Herman K Ankeney Middle School, Oakwood leads by 20.4 points in 7th-grade math, 23.0 points in 8th-grade math, 17.0 points in 7th-grade ELA, 15.1 points in 8th-grade ELA, and 6.6 points in 8th-grade science. Kettering Middle School and Van Buren Middle School score similarly to or below Ankeney. Oakwood also posts 100% proficiency on both the Algebra I and Geometry end-of-course exams; those exams cover accelerated math students rather than the whole grade, but Oakwood has reached that ceiling repeatedly.

Beyond test scores, Oakwood’s chronic absenteeism rate is 4.8%, roughly one-third that of the next-best nearby school (14.7% at Ankeney, 17.0% at Kettering, 18.1% at Van Buren, and far higher at Dayton City middle schools). Its student–teacher ratio of 11.8 is the smallest in the comparison group, and it achieved these results while spending $7,754 per student in 2018–19, less than every nearby school. Subgroup results are strong across the board, with low-income students rising from the 60th to the 86th percentile in a single year — a notable gain, though such rankings can swing when group sizes are small. Free/reduced lunch data is not reported for Oakwood in this dataset.

319
Students ?
11.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$14,088
Per pupil spending ?
0%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1200 Far Hills Ave
       Dayton, OH  45419-3118

(937) 297-5328

District: Oakwood City


Students who attend Oakwood Junior High School usually attend:

High:    Oakwood High School

Feeder schools for Oakwood Junior High School:

Elementary:    Harman Elementary School
    Julian & Marjorie Lange School Elementary School
    Smith Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

White:
79.9%
Two or more races:
8.2%
Asian:
4.7%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 99th percentile in 2016 → 99th in 2026
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Ohio average (93% vs 55% meeting standards)
✓Ranks in the top 1% of Ohio middle schools
✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school93%
District avg91%
Ohio avg55%
12th of 1,046
Ohio public middle schools ?
Top 1%▬ steady since 2016
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SchoolDigger rating ?
12th of 773Oakwood City 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)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202693.912 of 104698.9%★★★★★
202591.930 of 103697.1%★★★★★
202494.414 of 104698.7%★★★★★
202392.430 of 104897.1%★★★★★
202294.48 of 101799.2%★★★★★
202194.315 of 103798.6%★★★★★
201991.325 of 105097.6%★★★★★
201890.732 of 101096.8%★★★★★
201792.89 of 103899.1%★★★★★
201694.310 of 105099.0%★★★★★
201593.95 of 103599.5%★★★★★
201487.68 of 100899.2%★★★★★
201388.49 of 100199.1%★★★★★
201288.07 of 98999.3%★★★★★
201187.417 of 92598.2%★★★★★
201089.47 of 89599.2%★★★★★
200990.14 of 85899.5%★★★★★
200888.115 of 83598.2%★★★★★
200789.97 of 83799.2%★★★★★
200689.36 of 73299.2%★★★★★
200594.62 of 69299.7%★★★★★

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202295.77 of 56598.8%★★★★★
202196.27 of 57698.8%★★★★★
201991.123 of 65896.5%★★★★★
201889.425 of 64396.1%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202693.97 of 94799.3%★★★★★
202592.125 of 93897.3%★★★★★
202494.17 of 94299.3%★★★★★
202390.227 of 94397.1%★★★★★
202293.611 of 92598.8%★★★★★
202193.115 of 91098.4%★★★★★
201988.347 of 91794.9%★★★★★
201886.762 of 89793.1%★★★★★

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201862.6195 of 52162.6%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202198.01 of 22899.6%★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202679.6141 of 99685.8%★★★★☆
202561.4392 of 98360.1%★★★☆☆
202485.275 of 98992.4%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202693.513 of 95598.6%★★★★★
202592.327 of 95497.2%★★★★★
202495.13 of 95899.7%★★★★★
202393.816 of 96398.3%★★★★★
202294.97 of 94699.3%★★★★★
202195.08 of 92499.1%★★★★★
201993.814 of 93398.5%★★★★★
201892.619 of 91697.9%★★★★★

Military Connected

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202379.21 of 1291.7%★★★★★
202285.51 of 1392.3%★★★★★
202185.61 of 1090.0%★★★★★

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202696.41 of 26099.6%★★★★★

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202669.8105 of 57981.9%★★★★☆
202575.259 of 57289.7%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202694.23 of 79099.6%★★★★★
202591.617 of 77797.8%★★★★★
202493.88 of 79599.0%★★★★★
202391.126 of 80596.8%★★★★★
202293.110 of 80998.8%★★★★★
202193.018 of 78197.7%★★★★★
201991.122 of 79697.2%★★★★★
201888.140 of 78194.9%★★★★★
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)
White (2026)100th percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2026)100th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2021)100th percentile~ school
Female (2026)99th percentile~ school
Disabled (2022)99th percentile~ school
Male (2026)99th percentile~ school
Military Connected (2023)92nd percentile-5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)86th percentile-13 vs school
Special Education (2026)82nd percentile-17 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2018)63rd percentile-34 vs school
By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?
Geometry100%+57 vs state
Algebra I100%+38 vs state
English Language Arts93%+32 vs state
Science89%+28 vs state
Mathematics88%+38 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Oakwood Junior High School

Students at Oakwood Junior High School are 80% White, 8% Two or more races, 5% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 3% African American.

Students who attend Oakwood Junior High School usually go on to attend Oakwood High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 319 students attended Oakwood Junior High School.

Yes! Oakwood Junior High School is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 12th of 1046 Ohio middle schools.

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Latest Ohio data All new data »
2025–26 attendance data & graduation ratesSep 15, 2026
2025–26 Ohio State Tests scoresSep 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJan 6, 2026
2024–25 attendance data & graduation ratesSep 17, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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