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CITY OF KETTERING


City of Kettering
New Resident Guide
We hope you find our New Resident Guide to be a handy reference for community information. We invite you to take the time to review this guide and become familiar with Kettering and all it has to offer.

Kettering has everything you could want in a community – a fine school system, stable and healthy business environment, leisure activities for all ages and terrific volunteers whose community spirit is contagious.

We are proud of our outstanding city services and the city staff who work so hard to make Kettering a place you can be proud to call "home."

 

CITY OF KETTERING WEBSITE:  ci.kettering.oh.us     

( All information included in this special page on Kettering belongs to the formal website for the City of Kettering )

 

 

FACTS AND DEMOGRAPHICS

Location:
Montgomery County, Ohio, five miles south of Dayton

Land area:
18.4 square miles, (School District, 28 square miles)

Latitude:
39 degrees, 42 minutes, 15 seconds north

Longitude:
84 degrees, 10 minutes, 15 seconds west

Population:
57,502, according to the 2000 census

Annual budget:
$65,566,726

Number of City employees:
400 full-time

Number of Sworn Police Officers:
82

Number of Career Firefighters and Paramedics:
51

Number of Volunteer Firefighters:
107

Sister Cities:
Steyr, Austria; Kettering, England

Miles of Streets:
250

Housing Units:
The City of Kettering has 26,930 housing units.

Businesses and Employers:
Approximately 1,700

 

Shopping:
16 major shopping areas in the city with nearby access to two major regional malls and downtown Dayton

Climate:
Kettering is located five miles south of Dayton, which is near the center of the Miami Valley River Valley. Kettering is in a "moderate" climate region. The highest elevation in Kettering is 1,090 feet above sea level; the lowest elevation is 750 feet; and the mean elevation is 920 feet. Precipitation — which is rather evenly distributed throughout the year — and moderate temperatures help to make the Miami Valley a rich agricultural region. High relative humidity during much of the year causes some discomfort to people with allergies. Temperatures of zero or below will be experienced in about four years out of five. Extreme temperatures are usually of short duration. The downward slope of about 700 feet in the 163 miles of the Miami River may have some moderating influence on the winter temperatures in the Miami Valley.

The average last occurrence of freezing temperatures in the spring is mid-April, while the average first occurrence in the autumn is late October. Cold, polar air flowing across the Great Lakes causes much cloudiness during the winter and is accompanied by frequent snow flurries. These add little to the total snowfall.

Churches
Most Protestant denominations and Roman Catholic houses of worship. A Jewish synagogue is located on Rahn Road at Marshall Road in adjoining Washington Township.

Taxes
Automobile registration: $43.25
Property tax: $85.25 per $1,000 valuation (before reduction factors)
City income tax: 2.25 percent of income earned

 

KETTERING SCHOOLS

City of Kettering
About Schools
Kettering is well-known for its quality school system and was named a "Top 100" school district by Money magazine in 1995. Residents of the district are proud of their schools and have continually supported the district, both financially and in a volunteer capacity. The Kettering School District, the second largest in Montgomery County, currently serves about 8,000 students and has enjoyed modest growth in enrollment since the early 1990s.

The school district maintains a tradition of providing excellent educational programming and services. Students at the middle and high schools can choose from among more than 200 courses during their secondary years. With strong gifted, honors, advanced placement and vocational education programs, Kettering secondary schools offer something for every student. The district, likewise, offers a full range of course at the elementary level, and has one of the finest special education programs in the state of Ohio.

The district has nine elementary schools, serving kindergartners through fifth-graders; two middle schools serving sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders; and a four-year high school. Kettering Fairmont High School is considered a "comprehensive" high school, providing both college preparatory and school-to-work opportunities for students. High school students continually rate in the top brackets on various college entrance and National Merit exams, and more than 100 students have received National Merit Scholarship recognition over the past decade. Currently, about 80 percent of Fairmont’s graduates go on to post-secondary education.

For more information, access the Kettering City Schools website at www.ketteringschools.org or e-mail the Community Relations Coordinator, Kari Basson, or call 937-499-1458.

The Kettering Board of Education meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at the board offices.

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