Kettering City School District Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A+ Indian Riffle Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
2. A+ Prass Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
3. A Southdale Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
4. A Oakview Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
5. A Kettering Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)
6. A Van Buren Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)
7. A- Kettering Fairmont High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
8. A- Orchard Park Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
9. A- J F Kennedy Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
10. B+ Beavertown Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)

High schools (1)

• A- Kettering Fairmont High School, Kettering

Middle and junior high schools (2)

• A Kettering Middle School, Kettering
• A Van Buren Middle School, Kettering

Elementary and primary schools (9)

• B+ Beavertown Elementary School, Kettering
• B Greenmont Elementary School, Kettering
• A+ Indian Riffle Elementary School, Kettering
• A- J F Kennedy Elementary School, Kettering
• Kettering Early Childhood Education Center, Dayton
• A Oakview Elementary School, Kettering
• A- Orchard Park Elementary School, Kettering
• A+ Prass Elementary School, Kettering
• A Southdale Elementary School, Kettering

Other schools and academies (1)

• Kettering City Schools Mcesc Remote Learning Center, Dayton

Cities and towns served (2)

• Kettering (11)
• Dayton (2)

• State: Best schools in Ohio
• County: Montgomery County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: small city (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 7,762 students with 461 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,360 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 3904418
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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