Summary:
ZIP code 45440 in Kettering, Ohio contains two public schools — both elementary schools serving grades PK/K–5 in the Kettering City School District, with a combined enrollment of 1,022 students and no public middle or high school inside the ZIP itself, so local families move on to secondary schools elsewhere in the district.
Prass Elementary School is the standout of the two. It ranks 200 of 1,560 Ohio elementary schools (87th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025‑26, and was even stronger two years earlier at 75 of 1,577 (95th percentile, 5 stars). Prass posts the highest proficiency of the two schools in all seven tested areas and beats its own district in all seven, peaking at 91.8% proficient in 5th grade ELA — the highest figure in the data set. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 5.7% is roughly one‑third of the district's 16.4%. Parents should know that both schools have cooled somewhat from 2023‑24 peaks, but Prass's dip still leaves it in the top 13% of the state.
J F Kennedy Elementary School is larger (602 students vs 420) and solid, ranking 493 of 1,560 (68th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025‑26, down from 4 stars in each of the two prior years. It beats the state average in all seven tested areas, but trails its district in six of seven. Its absenteeism rate is 14.5% — better than the district but about 2.5 times Prass's — and its free/reduced lunch rate is higher (50.66% vs 38.57%). Kennedy actually spent about $484 more per student in 2018‑19, so funding does not explain the achievement gap. On average, Prass scores 9.1 points above Kennedy, 4.8 above the district, and 20.0 above the state.
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