The Greater Dayton School is Ohio's first private PreK-8th grade school for kids from under-resourced communities in the Dayton region.
We provide student scholarships worth nearly $30K to access a world-class education.
From the very start we were determined to look at education differently – that includes our definition of success.
While most schools focus on test scores and other measures of academic achievement, we focus instead on the only metric that matters: what kinds of people our school produces.
Our goal is that - by age 27 - at least 80 percent of our alumni are … -Successful by their own definition -Physically and mentally healthy -Living lives of character and integrity -Financially independent -Established in a career.
From the very start we were determined to look at education
differently – that includes our definition of success. So while the
federal government, state government, school districts and
individual schools focus on test scores and other measures of
academic achievement, we focus instead on the only metric that
matters: what kinds of people our school produces.
We educate students in PreK through eighth grade. But our strategy
started by envisioning our alums as 27-year-olds. At that age, we
have a pretty good indication of what kind of people they’re going
to be long-term. (In fact, brain science tells us the frontal lobe
isn’t fully developed until the age of 27.)
And at that age we’ll conduct the final round of data-collecting in
a longitudinal study that will track our students’ progress. So,
what do we envision our 27-year-olds will be? Our goal is that at
least 80 percent of them are …
Successful by their own definition
Physically and mentally healthy
Living lives of character and integrity
Financially independent
Established in a career
Once we determined the finish line, we set out creating
research-based milemarkers – starting with 4-year-olds – that will
ultimately create the intended outcomes and ultimately pull
families out of generational poverty.
GDS’s Core Values:
Student-first, student-centered
Dream big; work hard
Ownership by everyone
Do the right thing
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
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Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
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The average private school tuition in Dayton, OH is $7,452 for elementary schools and $10,704 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).
