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Goldfish Swim School - Dayton, located at 671 Lyons Rd, Dayton, OH 45459, USA, is a dedicated facility offering high-quality swimming lessons for children of all ages, including infants, toddlers, and pre-teens. They focus on teaching water safety, swimming skills, and building confidence in a fun, safe, and shiver-free environment. The school provides small class sizes, highly trained instructors, and a tropical-themed facility to ensure a positive learning experience.
The pool(s) at Goldfish Swim School - Dayton are kept at a consistent and comfortable 90 degrees Fahrenheit, ensuring a warm and enjoyable swimming experience for all students.
What are people saying (AI review summary)? Goldfish Swim School generally receives very positive reviews, with many parents highly recommending it, especially for babies and young children. Key praises include the warm, clean, and safe facilities with attentive lifeguards, and the friendly, knowledgeable, and supportive staff (with specific mentions of Jeff, Matt, and Rebecca). Many report significant and rapid progress in their children's swimming abilities. The school is also lauded for its consistent instruction, convenient amenities like showers and changing areas, and as an excellent activity for infants. However, some feedback indicates that for older children, the environment can be stimulating, potentially leading to distractions. Concerns were also raised about less specific feedback for older kids and instances of perceived insufficient individualized attention due to class sizes, including one instance where a child was mistakenly moved between levels, causing demotivation. Despite these specific issues, Goldfish's responsiveness to feedback and efforts to resolve situations were noted positively in an update.
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Accessible Restroom
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Listing Reviews
August 9th, 2025Courtney Torrence
Amazing place! We’ve been here for almost 5 years now and cannot speak highly enough about it. We recommend to anyone looking for lessons! Very clean facility and I always feel safe having my kids there because they have so many attentive lifeguards on standby. All staff we’ve ever encountered is friendly, helpful, knowledgeable, and great with kids. All 3 of my kids have learned a ton in a short period of time. They’re very consistent each class and it shows! Highly recommend Goldfish Dayton!
August 22nd, 2025Kellie Herbst
My kids have been enrolled in Goldfish since July. They have moved through classes with ease from the expert support from the swim instructors. Jeff and Matt have been amazing to work with and are so supportive. All staff ate polite, friendly and helpful! 10/10 recommend!
June 24th, 2025Rachel B
Update 6/23/25: Goldfish did pull my husband aside and gave him more specific feedback for our daughter which really helped. Google doesn’t notify me if someone responded to a review so I’m only just now seeing they responded but I’m glad Goldfish took note and made the effort to resolve the situation. She’s been working on her flutter kicks in the tub! I’m still going to go with private lessons and group lessons at the Y for our daughter because it’s just a really stimulating environment at Goldfish and she needs fewer distractions. I might re-enroll her in the future. I can say it would have been great if we had known about goldfish when she was a baby instead of going to the Y and the Kettering Rec Center- the water was way too cold for her and I think the warmth at Goldfish would have been much better for her as a baby. Original review: I’d say Goldfish is 5/5 stars for getting babies introduced and acclimated to the water. The water and the pool area are warm, the class sizes are small, and they do a great job getting the babies comfortable with water on their faces. My baby loves his lessons. For my 5 year old daughter, I’d give Goldfish 3/5 stars. At first we were very encouraged and excited. I do love that they have showers and plenty of changing areas. Logistically, it’s all great. But, the part that is lacking is the attention to detail. There are just too many kids to pay attention to and address specific problems. Only three weeks into her lessons they got my daughter confused with another child and moved her up to Glider 2. She was so excited. I didn’t really question it because I thought “well, they’re the swimming experts so she must be ready.” Her first Glider 2 class they realized their mistake and had move her back down to Glider 1. It was demoralizing for my daughter and we tried to emphasize that it wasn’t my daughter’s fault and that if she continues to work hard she’ll be able to get up to Glider 2. Her confidence and enthusiasm has waned since then and they tell me she’s “doing great” and needs to practice “x, y, and z” which is great, as we welcome feedback. But it’s not very specific feedback and I think we are getting told she’s “doing great” because she’s not causing trouble like some of the other kids. I’m not sure I have any feedback that Goldfish could use except lower the ratio of instructors to kids? Or open up Mondays or Fridays to allow more lessons to make up for lowering the ratio? Or discipline the kids who are too rowdy? I don’t know the answer but I can tell you this hasn’t been great for my daughter and we are doing 1:1 private lessons elsewhere. If my opinion/experience changes I will gladly change my review but as of right now, it isn’t working for my daughter.
September 11th, 2025Ciji Stamper
We love this swim school! The instructors turn into family! They root on your littles like you would! I’m impressed with the cleanliness and they always having what you need, too.
June 24th, 2025Amanda Horn
My 14 month old has been taking lessons here once a week for 6 months. Rebecca has been her teacher and she is so great with the babies. I can’t say enough nice things about our experience. It was especially nice in the winter as an activity to do with my baby when we could not go outdoors and I didn’t know what else to do to entertain her!
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Opening Hours
| Sunday | 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM |
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| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 9:30 AM – 8:15 PM |
| Wednesday | 3:00 – 7:30 PM |
| Thursday | 9:30 AM – 8:15 PM |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM |
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