In 1963, Claude "Bud" Schindler, an NCR Corporation executive, started a 14-student kindergarten class at Patterson Park Grace Brethren Church.

Dayton Christian Middle School opened in 1979, and in 1984 Sugar Grove Elementary was added.

[3] Her sex discrimination lawsuit went to the U.S. Supreme Court in Ohio Civil Rights Commission v. Dayton Christian Schools, Inc.[4] The schools subsequently changed their employment practices.

In 2005, the schools purchased the former NCR training center on Washington Church Road and converted the adult education space into its Miami Township campus.

[5] The state of Ohio provided a $379,516 grant to demolish the other structures on the property.