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Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain

Public, Charter Grades K-8
1555th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,560 Ohio Elementary Schools
Better than 0% of Ohio elementary schools
Summary

Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain is a very small public K–8 school in Lorain, Ohio, serving 69 students and operating as its own district. It is currently rated 0 stars, ranks 1555 out of 1560 schools statewide (0th percentile), and its district ranks 772 out of 773.

Test results are far below Ohio averages and mostly below nearby schools. In 2025–2026, math proficiency was 8.3% in grade 3 and 0% in grades 4 and 7, while state averages were 62.1%, 67.3%, and 48.6%. English language arts was 25% in grade 3, 16.7% in grade 4, and 7.7% in grade 7, against state rates near 62%. This pattern repeats across years — several grades have reported 0% proficiency. Nearby schools in the same city do better: Lorain Bilingual Preparatory Academy posted 65.5% in grade 4 ELA and 58.6% in grade 4 math; Larkmoor Elementary School reached 67.8% in grade 5 ELA; and Hawthorne Elementary School reached 75% in grade 3 ELA. The Lorain City district average is also higher.

Chronic absenteeism is a defining challenge. At 67.5% in 2025–2026 — up from 53.3% in 2022–2023 — more than two-thirds of students are chronically absent, above the Lorain City district average of 56.5% and most nearby schools, though Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary was slightly higher at 68.9%. One bright spot is class size: Summit's most recent student-teacher ratio of 10.6 is the lowest among comparable local schools, which range from 12.7 to 18.8. Despite that, outcomes remain at the bottom. Reported spending was $8,206 per student in 2018–2019, lower than nearby schools, and that figure is dated. With only 69 students, a single child can shift a grade's percentage noticeably, so these numbers should be read with care.

69
Students ?
10.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,680
Per pupil spending ?
91.3%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?
 346 Illinois Ave
       Lorain, OH  44052-2756

(440) 288-0448

District: Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain

Racial breakdown:

White:
56.5%
Hispanic:
26.1%
African American:
8.7%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 16th percentile in 2016 → <1st in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Ohio average (10% vs 61% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (<1st percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school10%
Ohio avg61%
1,555th of 1,560
Ohio public elementary schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 16 pts since 2016
From bottom 16% (2016) to bottom 1% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
772nd of 773Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain among Ohio districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20261.91555 of 15600.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20251.41555 of 15580.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20241.91574 of 15770.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.31591 of 15960.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.51564 of 15881.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.41238 of 161023.1%★☆☆☆☆
201913.41448 of 167613.6%★☆☆☆☆
201830.31219 of 163625.5%★☆☆☆☆
201717.61360 of 165117.6%★☆☆☆☆
201616.41405 of 167816.3%★☆☆☆☆
20156.81580 of 16846.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20143.51617 of 16874.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20134.61623 of 17014.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20121.11688 of 17091.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20111.31665 of 16861.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20102.01629 of 16622.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20094.31539 of 16104.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20083.81526 of 15823.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20070.61602 of 16090.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202213.2804 of 8242.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201948.2443 of 95653.7%★★★☆☆
201860.7306 of 102170.0%★★★★☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201914.8210 of 2287.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20262.61454 of 14670.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20231.91446 of 14470.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.41403 of 14191.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202123.01049 of 140425.3%★☆☆☆☆
201918.61257 of 146514.2%★☆☆☆☆
201837.81040 of 146529.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201917.51295 of 153515.6%★☆☆☆☆
201826.31187 of 153622.7%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201915.71147 of 12719.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.91211 of 13097.5%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20253.71029 of 10360.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.91042 of 10460.4%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Male (2019)16th percentile~ school
White (2019)10th percentile-4 vs school
Hispanic (2019)8th percentile-6 vs school
Disabled (2022)2nd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts16%-46 vs state
Mathematics3%-57 vs state

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Students at Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain are 57% White, 26% Hispanic, 9% African American, 6% Two or more races, 3% American Indian.

Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain ranks in the bottom 0.3% of Ohio elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 69 students attended Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain.

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2025–26 attendance data & graduation ratesSep 15, 2026
2025–26 Ohio State Tests scoresSep 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJan 6, 2026
2024–25 attendance data & graduation ratesSep 17, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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