About Us
Fast Facts
DPS Mission
Dayton Public Schools provides a high-quality education in a safe environment that prepares our students for success in school, work and life by providing a highly effective trained staff working each day with community resources.
Our Budget *
Operation budget (FY 12) ............................................................. $160,429,000
Per pupil expense ................................................................................. $10,538
Beginning teacher salary ......................................................................... $33,936
Average teacher salary ........................................................................... $53,760
*General fund
District Revenue **
Local funds ............................................................................................. 29%
State funds ............................................................................................ 58%
Federal funds .......................................................................................... 13%
**FY12 District Profile Report
Our Schools
Number of schools .............................. 30
Elementary schools ............................. 22
High schools ..................................... 6
Special centers ................................... 2
Our Employees
Full-time employees ................................................................................... 1,917
Part-time employees ................................................................................. 267
Administrative staff ................................................................................... 127
Classified staff ........................................................................................... 779
Certified employees .................................................................................. 1,011
Teachers with advanced degrees ............................................................... 705
Teachers with national board certification ................................................... 21*
*DPS leads the Miami Valley in the number of national board certified teachers.
Our Students
PreK ............................................. 840
K-6 .............................................. 7,605
7-8 .............................................. 2,125
9-12 ............................................. 3,893
Ungraded ..................................... 52
Total ........................................... 14,515
Student Ethnicity
African American ................................................................................. 64.8%
American Indian .................................................................................. 0.1%
Asian ................................................................................................. 0.4%
Caucasian .......................................................................................... 26.3%
Hispanic ............................................................................................. 3.3%
Multi-racial .......................................................................................... 5.1%
Opportunities
Advanced Placement .................................................. Stivers School for the Arts
Thurgood Marshall High School
International Baccalaureate ......................................... Meadowdale High School
Seniors to Sophomores ..................................... Ponitz Career Technology Center
America's Best Public High Schools,
U.S. News & World Report ....................................... Stivers (2012, 2010, 2009)
Gates Millennium Scholars .......................................................... 20 since 2000
Dayton Board of Education
Joseph Lacey, President
Dr. Robert C. Walker, Vice President
Yvonne V. Isaacs
Ronald C. Lee
Nancy A. Nerny
Sheila Taylor
Stacy M. Thompson
Dayton Public Schools provides a high-quality education in a safe environment that prepares our students for success in school, work and life by providing a highly effective trained staff working each day with community resources.