Youngstown Preparatory Academy

The Youngstown Preparatory Academy area contains a single school — Youngstown Preparatory Academy — an elementary school serving grades K–6 with 126 students at 810 Oak St in Youngstown, Ohio. It operates as its own one-school district, Youngstown Preparatory Academy, so there are no peer schools in this file to compare against. Every comparison below is therefore this school against Ohio statewide averages.

Academically, the school posted an unusually large one-year improvement. On the seven tests given in both years (grades 3–5), average proficiency rose from 35.8% to 64.9%, moving from nearly 28 points below the state to roughly level with it, and every subject improved. Third grade is the brightest spot: 84% proficient in math and 80% in ELA, about 17–22 points above state. Sixth grade is the opposite — 30.8% in both math and ELA, roughly 25 points below state — and it was not part of the tested population the prior year. Science stays the weakest subject, below state in both years, at 45.5% versus 62.7% most recently.

The school's statewide rank rose from 1,254 of 1,558 to 901 of 1,560, with percentile climbing from 20 to 42 and the star rating moving from 1 star to 2 stars. Chronic absenteeism is 38.4% — roughly 48 of 126 students — the clearest non-academic risk factor. With about 18 students per grade, one child shifts a grade's results by 5–6 percentage points, so school-wide averages are far more reliable than any single grade or subject figure. The free/reduced-price lunch percentage is not reported, so no poverty context is available.