City Day Community School, Dayton OH

Original Research by School Decision on City Day Community School

City Day Community School is a small public charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in downtown Dayton. It has roughly comparable enrollment across each grade, with particular concentrations in the middle grades. The student body is predominantly Black, with a small number of students who identify as multiracial, Hispanic, or white. The school's location on South Main Street places it in a walkable urban neighborhood with direct access to downtown Dayton's civic amenities, including parks, libraries, and public transit.

State testing results from the most recent school year show proficiency well below state norms across all measured subjects. In math, roughly one in ten students scored at proficient or above. English language arts fared better at roughly one in four students proficient or above. Science proficiency was similarly low. The one previous social studies result on record, from several years ago, showed single-digit proficiency in sixth grade. These outcomes place the school in the bottom quartile among Montgomery County's district schools when compared on overall proficiency. The school participated fully in state testing and appears to have experienced no assessment format changes that would explain year-to-year volatility.

No data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education enrollment, English learner population, discipline, attendance, or chronic absenteeism were available, so a parent cannot determine from the current information whether the school's academic performance reflects broader student-support challenges or funding capacity. Similarly, staffing, course offerings, and specific pedagogical approach are not detailed here; a parent may want to look into these directly with the school.

The school operates as a charter, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of Dayton's traditional district structure. No recent district changes or curricular shifts were documented in available sources. The school's location offers proximity to downtown institutions and public transportation, which may matter for families without private vehicles or who value urban walkability. For families exploring a small K-8 community school model in a diverse, centrally located setting, City Day presents a specific choice; parents should seek further detail on program philosophy, support services, and the school's recent trajectory and plans.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grades 3-810%

School 10% · district not reported

▼ 51 pts below state median · ▼ 36 pts below county median

English language arts

Grades 3-827%

School 27% · district not reported

▼ 37 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Science

Grades 3-813%

School 13% · district not reported

▼ 53 pts below state median · ▼ 38 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 421%

School 21% · district not reported

▼ 61 pts below state median · ▼ 57 pts below county median

Grade 67%

School 7% · district not reported

▼ 56 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.