Summary:
ZIP code 45402 contains 10 schools serving about 3,099 students: three elementary schools, five high schools, and two very small alternative programs, with no middle schools. High schools enroll roughly 64% of students, elementaries about 35%, and alternatives about 1%. Two high schools — Stivers School For The Arts (837 students) and David H. Ponitz Career Technology Center (785) — dominate enrollment, and most schools here belong to Dayton City.
Stivers School For The Arts is the clear academic standout: 57th percentile rank, a 90.0% graduation rate versus the Dayton City rate of 66.7%, chronic absenteeism of 31.7%, and test scores above Ohio averages in American Government, American History, Biology, English II, and 7th Grade ELA — though math is weaker. David H. Ponitz Career Technology Center posts the highest graduation rate (93.9%) but 70.4% chronic absenteeism and no 2025-26 test at the state average. Mound Street Academy shows the most severe outcomes: 95.6% chronic absenteeism, a 21.2% graduation rate, and 0% English II proficiency. Mad River Local Schools Remote Learning Center (28 students) has the lowest absenteeism at 9.6%, while Northmont Online Academy (7 students) sits in the higher-ranked Northmont City district.
All three elementaries — Alliance Community Schools Inc. dba Dayton Leadership Academy, City Day Community School, and Edison Elementary School — fall below Ohio averages in every reported subject, but their patterns differ: Alliance improved sharply in 3rd grade math (20.3% to 46.9%) and 3rd grade ELA (23.3% to 46.0%); City Day is stronger in 8th grade ELA (41.7%) but 0% in 5th grade math; Edison's bright spot is 5th grade ELA (41.7%). Attendance divides schools sharply — Stivers 31.7% versus Riverscape Career Technical 77.2% and Dayton Business Technology High School 86.1% — and City Day combines the highest student-teacher ratio (24.2) with the lowest reported spending ($7,629).
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