High · Kentucky

Dayton High School

Free meals for all

Dayton High School, a public high school in Dayton, Kentucky: grades 7–12, 358 students, 12.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Dayton Independent.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
358
Teachers (FTE)
28.0
Students per teacher
12.8
Grades
7–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 67% of high schools in Kentucky

Median 15.5 · 353 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 62% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 55% of high schools in Kentucky

Median 450 · 356 schools compared

Smaller than 55% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kentucky's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Kentucky: 48%

35%proficient

+8.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 48% of high schools in Kentucky

Median 35% · 27 high schools compared

114 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Kentucky: 42%

30%proficient

+10.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 54% of high schools in Kentucky

Median 32% · 24 high schools compared

114 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 7–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Dayton Independent.

Location

Address
200 Greendevil Ln, Dayton, KY 41074
Phone
(859)292-7486
City or town
Dayton

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Bellevue High SchoolMostly virtualFree meals for all
6–1230013.0
Newport High SchoolFree meals for all
7–1252110.4
7–122,45319.5
7–121,30015.1
Newport Regional SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all
6–12268.7
9–121,01917.4

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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