Youngstown Community School

Youngstown Community School is the only school in this area, serving students in grades K–8 at 50 Essex St in Youngstown, Ohio, with 356 students enrolled. Even though it is classified as an elementary school, its grade span extends through the middle grades. The Youngstown Community School district ranks 637th out of 773 schools and districts, placing it in the 18th percentile with a 1-star rating.

Academically, the school is improving. Every one of the 14 reported grade and subject tests in the Ohio State Tests improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. The average proficiency across those tests rose from about 24.2% to about 40.5%, and the average gap to the state narrowed from about −35.0 points to about −19.6 points. In 2025–2026 the school exceeded the state average in Mathematics, 3rd Grade (65.9% vs. 62.1%) and English Language Arts, 8th Grade (58.8% vs. 58.3%). English Language Arts, 5th Grade jumped to 59.1% from 25.0%, and Mathematics, 5th Grade rose to 40.9% from 7.5%.

Gaps remain. In 2025–2026, Mathematics, 7th Grade was only 3.4% proficient against a state average of 48.6%; Science, 5th Grade was 22.7% versus 62.7%; Mathematics, 6th Grade was 20.0% versus 56.2%; and Mathematics, 8th Grade was 23.5% versus 52.0%. The school ranked 1126th of 1560 schools (28th percentile), up from the 11th percentile in 2024–2025, but it still holds 1 star. Chronic absenteeism is 22.4% — roughly 1 in 4.5 students. The student-teacher ratio is 13.6 (2024–2025); per-student spending is $8,688 but dates to 2018–2019, and the free/reduced-lunch percentage is unavailable.