Deca Prep, Dayton OH - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Deca Prep

DECA PREP is a charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in Dayton, with an enrollment distributed evenly across its grade band. The school draws an overwhelmingly Black student population, reflecting the neighborhood it serves in central Dayton.

On state testing, DECA PREP's results fall below the midpoint for proficiency among the school districts in Montgomery County. In English language arts, just under half of students in grades three through eight score at proficient or above on Ohio's state tests. Math proficiency is lower, around four in ten students, and science proficiency is also in that range. The pattern holds across tested grades, suggesting consistent performance at the same level rather than sharp dropoffs at particular grade levels. Only one year of state test data was available to review; trend information would help clarify whether these results represent the school's typical level or a recent shift.

The school's setting is central Dayton. The neighborhood around Homewood Avenue has modest housing values and rents below state benchmarks, and the area is car-dependent, though downtown Dayton and its walkable historic districts lie within a short drive. Dayton itself is anchored by Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and a major healthcare employment cluster; downtown has undergone active revitalization over the last several decades, though the wider city experiences the economic pressures common to mid-sized Rust Belt cities. The school's student body is very large in Black enrollment and very small in every other racial and ethnic category.

Data on free-and-reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education enrollment, English learner enrollment, graduation rates, and discipline were not available. For a school serving K-8, the absence of a graduation rate is expected; that metric applies only to high schools. The other gaps are harder to interpret from the data provided alone. A parent may want to look into those details directly with the school, particularly around support for students with disabilities or language learners, if those populations are relevant to their family.

The school is open and operating as a regular public charter. No information on specific programs, course offerings, or staffing was included in the available data.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grades 3-841%

School 41% · district not reported

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

English language arts

Grades 3-849%

School 49% · district not reported

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Science

Grades 3-840%

School 40% · district not reported

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 430%

School 30% · district not reported

▼ 53 pts below state median · ▼ 49 pts below county median

Grade 663%

School 63% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 24 pts above 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.