Explorers Academy of Science and Technology

Explorers Academy of Science and Technology is a K–10 alternative school in Toledo, OH, serving about 340 students as its own district. Because it stops at 10th grade, no graduation rate is reported, and free/reduced-price lunch and per-student spending figures are not available, so families cannot compare its resources or student needs with other schools on those measures.

Attendance is the clearest day-to-day challenge. Chronic absenteeism was 36.1% in 2025-26, an improvement from 50.1% in 2021-22 but still high. That rate is above Swanton Elementary School (9.2%), Ohio Virtual Academy (10.6%), Northwest Ohio Classical Academy (15.3%), The Autism Academy Of Learning (22.8%), Horizon Science Academy Toledo (32.5%), Wildwood Environmental Academy (33.5%) and Autism Model School (34.9%), though lower than Reynolds Elementary School (56.7%) and Summit Academy - Toledo (53.6%). The school also reports an unusually high student-teacher ratio of 113.3 students per teacher in 2024-25, far above every nearby school, where the next highest is Ohio Virtual Academy at 39.6. If accurate, that signals severe staffing constraints.

Every reported 2025-26 Ohio State Test result is below the state average: Science 5 at 10.8% (state 62.7%), Science 8 at 24% (61.2%), math in grades 3–8 between 8.1% and 31.7%, ELA in grades 3–8 between 25.9% and 59.5%, Biology at 18.2% (67%) and English II at 25% (62.7%). There are signs of progress, though: average ELA proficiency for grades 3–8 climbed from about 20% in 2022-23 to about 39.5% in 2025-26, and average math rose from about 9% to about 20.7%. Among nearby alternatives, Explorers generally outperforms Reynolds, Summit and Autism Model in comparable grades and subjects but trails Wildwood, Horizon and Northwest Ohio Classical by wide margins, especially in science and end-of-course exams.