Mad River Middle School

Summary:

Mad River Middle School is a public middle school in Dayton, Ohio, serving 553 students in grades 5-9. The school is part of the Mad River Local District, which is ranked 510 out of 839 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Mad River Middle School has a higher percentage of White students (71.43%) compared to the state average, it has lower percentages of African American (10.67%) and Hispanic (5.79%) students. The school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 11.3% in 2019-2020 to 40.3% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the state average. Academically, the school's test scores are generally below the state and district averages across various subjects and grade levels, with proficiency rates in 7th and 8th grade Math at 35.1% and 21.1%, respectively, compared to the state averages of 49% and 46.3%.

When compared to nearby middle schools, Mad River Middle School generally performs worse than schools in the Kettering City and Beavercreek City districts, which have higher rankings and better test scores. However, it performs better than schools in the Dayton City and Northridge Local districts. The school's spending per student ($8,215 in 2018-2019) is lower than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio of 16.3 in 2022-2023 is higher than the state average, which may contribute to its relatively lower performance. Additionally, Mad River Middle School has a high percentage of students (59.67% in 2022-2023) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, which is often associated with lower academic achievement.


Detail:

Public 5-9

 1801 Harshman Rd
       Dayton, OH  45424-5019


(937) 237-4265

District: Mad River Local

SchoolDigger Rank:
657th of 1,046 Ohio Middle Schools


Students who attend Mad River Middle School usually attend:

High:    Stebbins High School

Feeder schools for Mad River Middle School:

Elementary:    Beverly Gardens Elementary School
    Brantwood Elementary School
    Saville Elementary School
    Virginia Stevenson Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.3 Help
Number of students:  553

Racial breakdown:

White:
71.4%
African American:
10.7%
Two or more races:
9.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  59.7% Help


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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
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Mad River Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Mad River Middle School 657th of 1046 Ohio public middle schools. (See Mad River Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Mad River Local:

SchoolDigger ranks Mad River Local 510th of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Mad River Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Mad River Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 21.40 599th 692 13.4%
2006 38.70 560th 732 23.5%
2007 44.45 585th 837 30.1%
2008 39.84 620th 835 25.7%
2009 49.97 572nd 858 33.3%
2010 62.98 448th 895 49.9%
2011 62.68 462nd 925 50.1%
2012 48.51 663rd 989 33.0%
2013 51.55 647th 1001 35.4%
2014 47.23 681st 1008 32.4%
2015 42.55 663rd 1035 35.9%
2016 34.82 714th 1050 32.0%
2017 25.02 763rd 1038 26.5%
2018 36.61 687th 1010 32.0%
2019 48.90 615th 1050 41.4%
2021 37.99 663rd 1037 36.1%
2022 43.87 611th 1017 39.9%
2023 34.73 701st 1048 33.1%
2024 40.46 657th 1046 37.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Mad River Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.36 178th 205 13.2%
2019 55.27 98th 206 52.4%
2021 35.14 145th 219 33.8%
2022 32.57 165th 239 31.0%
2023 28.57 181st 245 26.1%
2024 24.26 198th 254 22.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Mad River Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.52 20th 107 81.3%
2021 43.24 65th 134 51.5%
2022 42.46 61st 110 44.5%
2024 43.28 69th 123 43.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Mad River Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 24.06 475th 563 15.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Mad River Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.59 635th 924 31.3%
2019 50.51 541st 945 42.8%
2021 39.85 568th 923 38.5%
2022 50.04 480th 947 49.3%
2023 32.20 691st 974 29.1%
2024 39.45 637th 989 35.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Mad River Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.26 623rd 897 30.5%
2019 50.57 549th 917 40.1%
2021 29.90 639th 910 29.8%
2022 40.48 590th 925 36.2%
2023 34.67 639th 943 32.2%
2024 35.90 634th 942 32.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Mad River Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.84 448th 643 30.3%
2019 25.72 545th 658 17.2%
2021 34.03 381st 576 33.9%
2022 45.96 250th 565 55.8%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Mad River Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.52 255th 521 51.1%
2019 62.41 59th 164 64.0%
2021 46.05 195th 274 28.8%
2022 53.67 136th 241 43.6%
2023 48.40 126th 173 27.2%
2024 58.72 99th 196 49.5%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Mad River Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.96 5th 6 16.7%
2019 9.26 5th 5 0.0%
2021 17.72 9th 10 10.0%
2022 31.08 9th 13 30.8%
2023 17.21 12th 12 0.0%
2024 13.22 14th 14 0.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Mad River Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.93 688th 916 24.9%
2019 42.32 609th 933 34.7%
2021 33.63 628th 924 32.0%
2022 35.92 629th 946 33.5%
2023 25.25 720th 963 25.2%
2024 35.21 646th 958 32.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Mad River Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.35 101st 384 73.7%
2019 68.26 101st 405 75.1%
2021 76.64 52nd 385 86.5%
2022 70.14 84th 413 79.7%
2023 50.96 174th 436 60.1%
2024 52.67 159th 429 62.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mad River Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.91 113th 192 41.1%
2019 41.93 131st 222 41.0%
2021 40.66 135th 228 40.8%
2022 55.22 99th 247 59.9%
2024 35.61 151st 239 36.8%
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Rank History for White students at Mad River Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.92 680th 781 12.9%
2019 33.24 598th 796 24.9%
2021 15.82 684th 781 12.4%
2022 25.88 641st 809 20.8%
2023 17.33 696th 805 13.5%
2024 26.27 635th 795 20.1%
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Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Mad River Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 415 36 13 2 5 n/a n/a 0 471
1989 441 43 11 8 0 n/a n/a 0 503
1990 449 43 11 5 0 n/a n/a 0 508
1991 432 46 9 9 0 n/a n/a 0 496
1992 587 58 16 5 6 n/a n/a 0 672
1993 568 49 11 7 4 n/a n/a 0 639
1994 588 51 7 12 3 n/a n/a 0 661
1995 512 33 12 12 1 n/a n/a 0 570
1996 512 33 12 12 1 n/a n/a 0 570
1997 501 41 11 11 2 n/a n/a 0 566
1998 551 51 11 9 2 n/a n/a 0 624
1999 552 52 10 10 0 n/a n/a 0 624
2000 555 48 11 16 1 n/a n/a 0 631
2001 559 42 15 14 2 n/a n/a 0 632
2002 512 49 8 14 0 n/a n/a 14 597
2003 512 49 8 14 0 n/a n/a 14 597
2004 543 45 8 17 0 n/a n/a 16 629
2005 523 56 11 14 0 n/a n/a 16 620
2006 516 56 9 15 1 n/a n/a 19 616
2007 491 47 11 16 3 n/a n/a 17 585
2008 467 49 9 12 3 n/a n/a 23 563
2009 450 49 8 6 2 n/a n/a 32 547
2010 424 45 11 9 1 n/a n/a 27 517
2011 403 36 9 28 1 1 27 0 505
2012 392 46 10 32 2 1 21 0 504
2013 446 46 12 30 3 0 30 0 567
2014 442 51 15 18 2 0 35 0 563
2015 436 43 12 21 2 0 30 0 544
2016 455 49 12 24 0 1 33 0 574
2017 443 44 19 28 0 1 42 0 577
2018 383 49 12 23 1 1 41 0 510
2019 393 56 8 29 0 1 34 0 521
2020 447 50 7 35 0 0 45 0 584
2021 421 51 8 39 0 0 50 0 569
2022 429 58 11 30 0 0 51 0 579
2023 395 59 13 32 0 1 53 0 553

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Mad River Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 471 28.0 16.8 0
1989 503 28.0 17.9 n/a
1990 508 29.7 17.1 n/a
1991 496 28.0 17.7 n/a
1992 672 39.7 16.9 17
1993 639 36.3 17.6 16.9
1994 661 39.4 16.8 19.5
1995 570 39.4 14.5 18.2
1996 570 39.4 14.5 18.2
1997 566 39.7 14.3 20.7
1998 624 39.1 16.0 21.8
1999 624 42.8 14.6 34.9
2000 631 42.7 14.8 38.7
2001 632 42.0 15.0 36.6
2002 597 44.3 13.5 43.9
2003 597 44.3 13.5 43.9
2004 629 42.0 15.0 44.7
2005 620 45.0 13.8 44.4
2006 616 44.8 13.8 46.6
2007 585 48.1 12.2 48.9
2008 563 38.0 14.8 n/a
2009 547 36.5 15.0 58.4
2010 517 35.2 14.6 59.8
2011 505 34.8 14.4 58.2
2012 504 34.6 14.5 62.9
2013 567 28.7 19.7 66.1
2014 563 27.8 20.2 66.6
2015 544 n/a n/a 68.8
2016 574 29.0 19.7 65.5
2017 577 29.8 19.3 63.3
2018 510 32.8 15.5 63.9
2019 521 32.2 16.1 57.4
2020 584 33.3 17.5 55
2021 569 35.5 16.0 n/a
2022 579 33.0 17.4 n/a
2023 553 33.8 16.3 59.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Mad River Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 471 28.0 16.8 0
1989 503 28.0 17.9 n/a
1990 508 29.7 17.1 n/a
1991 496 28.0 17.7 n/a
1992 672 39.7 16.9 17
1993 639 36.3 17.6 16.9
1994 661 39.4 16.8 19.5
1995 570 39.4 14.5 18.2
1996 570 39.4 14.5 18.2
1997 566 39.7 14.3 20.7
1998 624 39.1 16.0 21.8
1999 624 42.8 14.6 34.9
2000 631 42.7 14.8 38.7
2001 632 42.0 15.0 36.6
2002 597 44.3 13.5 43.9
2003 597 44.3 13.5 43.9
2004 629 42.0 15.0 44.7
2005 620 45.0 13.8 44.4
2006 616 44.8 13.8 46.6
2007 585 48.1 12.2 48.9
2008 563 38.0 14.8 n/a
2009 547 36.5 15.0 58.4
2010 517 35.2 14.6 59.8
2011 505 34.8 14.4 58.2
2012 504 34.6 14.5 62.9
2013 567 28.7 19.7 66.1
2014 563 27.8 20.2 66.6
2015 544 n/a n/a 68.8
2016 574 29.0 19.7 65.5
2017 577 29.8 19.3 63.3
2018 510 32.8 15.5 63.9
2019 521 32.2 16.1 57.4
2020 584 33.3 17.5 55
2021 569 35.5 16.0 n/a
2022 579 33.0 17.4 n/a
2023 553 33.8 16.3 59.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Mad River Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $8,215
2022 $11,269
2023 $12,029

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
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Impact of COVID-19 on Mad River Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 615th of 1050 Middle schoolsRanks 701st of 1048 Middle schools
 8.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Mathematics (Mad River Middle School)36.526.8
 9.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Mad River Local)36.526.5
 10%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.547.6
 9.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Mad River Middle School)59.354.9
 4.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Mad River Local)59.254.5
 4.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)67.764.8
 2.9%
8th Grade Science (Mad River Middle School)73.164.3
 8.8%
   8th Grade Science (Mad River Local)73.963.9
 10%
   8th Grade Science (Ohio)68.264
 4.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (Mad River Middle School)61.328.7
 32.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Mad River Local)6328.1
 34.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.346.4
 10.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Mad River Middle School)49.533.1
 16.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Mad River Local)55.233.5
 21.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)58.357.5
 0.8%
End of Course Algebra I (Mad River Middle School)97.688.9
 8.7%
   End of Course Algebra I (Mad River Local)62.838.4
 24.4%
   End of Course Algebra I (Ohio)61.153
 8.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students521553
 6.1%
African American5659
 5.4%
American Indian00
Asian813
 62.5%
Hispanic2932
 10.3%
Pacific Islander11
White393395
 0.5%
Two or More Races3453
 55.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients57.4%59.7%
 2.3%


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Mad River Middle School ranks 657th of 1046 Ohio middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Mad River Middle School usually go on to attend Stebbins High School

Students at Mad River Middle School are 71% White, 11% African American, 10% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 553 students attended Mad River Middle School.


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