📍 104 2nd St. NW, Dayton, Webster County, 50530
Dayton Center is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dayton, Webster County. The school has 199 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Chelsey Danielson. It is part of the Southeast Webster Grand Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 18.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. 72% of students are proficient in reading. 82% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dayton Center enrolls 199 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 18.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% White, 4% Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 186 | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 4% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.5% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
89 of the school's 199 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 76 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dayton Center is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-40, state senate district 24, state house district 48.
Dayton Center is one of 2 schools in Southeast Valley Community School District, based in Burnside, Iowa. The district serves 1,077 students district-wide and employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 199 students, Dayton Center is smaller than the district average of about 539 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant