Summary:
Youngstown City has 13 schools serving about 3,814 students in kindergarten through 12th grade: four elementary, three middle, five high, and one alternative school. The district ranks 709th of 773 in Ohio, at the 8th percentile with 0 stars, but that single district figure hides a big gap: individual school ranks here run from the 1st percentile to the 71st percentile. Enrollment ranges from 29 students at Choffin Career Center to 612 at East High School. Free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable, spending figures are from 2018–2019, and some schools lack rank, test, graduation, or absenteeism data.
Two schools stand out as bright spots. Youngstown Rayen Early College High School ranks 227 of 795 — the 71st percentile, 4 stars — with a 98.4% graduation rate, 18.5% chronic absenteeism, and proficiency above the district and often above the state in American Government (89.2%), Biology (76.9%), English II (70.2%), Geometry (65.8%), and Algebra I (65.0%). Rayen Early College Middle School, at the 48th percentile with 2 stars, has 32.1% chronic absenteeism compared with 73.6% at East Middle at PRBerry and 72.6% at Chaney Middle, and its Algebra I proficiency is 100%. Paul C Bunn Elementary School is the strongest elementary, with 3rd Grade Math and ELA both at 56.5%, against district rates of 28.7% and 34.2%.
Other schools show very different patterns. Youngstown Virtual Academy has the district's lowest absenteeism at 6.5% and a 91.7% graduation rate, yet ranks 784 of 795 — the 1st percentile, 0 stars — with very low proficiency. Wilson Alternative School reports the highest absenteeism at 81.5%, and Harding Elementary School ranks 1537 of 1560, with 5th Grade Math at 5.4%, 4th Grade ELA at 14.5%, and 5th Grade Science at 13.5%. The district's chronic absenteeism rate is 56.7%. Spending and class size do not show a simple relationship with results: Harding spends $13,728 per student, while Rayen Middle spends the least ($11,694) and is the strongest middle school.
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