Summary
Beverly Gardens Elementary School is a K–4 school at 5555 Enright Ave in Dayton, OH (45431), serving 388 students in the Mad River Local district near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. In 2025–2026, it ranked 589th of 1,560 Ohio elementary schools — 62nd percentile, 3 stars — well above its district (40th percentile, 2 stars). It is the strongest-performing Mad River elementary in this comparison and has rebounded from a weaker 2024–2025, though its rank has been volatile for a decade.
Its standout strength is attendance: chronic absenteeism is 11.6%, vs 26.7% for Mad River Local and the lowest among nearby schools. Academically, it beats Saville Elementary School and Virginia Stevenson Elementary School in three of four tested measures and is above Ohio averages in 3rd-grade math, 4th-grade math, and 3rd-grade ELA. 4th-grade math is elite (80.6). Low-income students are a particular bright spot: they rank at the 86th percentile (4 stars), well above the school's overall 62nd percentile, and their trend has risen for three years. The main academic soft spot is 4th-grade ELA, which has trailed the state for four years; 3rd-grade ELA, by contrast, has climbed to 76.9, the highest among nearby schools. Military-connected students are the clearest concern, ranking at or near the bottom of a small comparison group in recent reported years.
Compared with Parkwood Elementary School in Beavercreek City, which serves a similar economic population, the school trails overall but actually wins 3rd-grade math; the gap is mostly 4th-grade reading. Resources are mixed: per-pupil spending was $11,118 (2018–2019 data, the only year provided), highest among Mad River elementaries, but the student–teacher ratio is 18.4, also the highest among them, up sharply from 10.9 in 2022–2023. Free/reduced-lunch data for 2024–2025 was suppressed by the state, so it is unknown, not zero. For parents, the takeaway is a school that over-performs its district, keeps absenteeism low, and serves low-income students well, with clear opportunities in 4th-grade reading and support for military-connected families.
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