Glover Community Learning Center

Glover Community Learning Center is a K–5 elementary school at 935 Hammel St in Akron, OH, serving 344 students in the Akron City School District on the city’s south side, where several small neighborhood schools sit close together.

In 2025–26, the school ranked 1436th of 1560 Ohio elementaries — 8th percentile and 0 stars — its lowest percentile in a decade and first 0-star rating. Average proficiency across seven tested measures is about 27.8%, compared with roughly 42.7% in the district and 63.8% statewide. Chronic absenteeism is 40.7%, about the district average and down 14 points since 2021–22. The academic gaps widen by grade: third-grade results are within 8.9–9.6 points of the district, while fifth-grade gaps are 17.7–28.0 points. Fifth-grade math is the standout concern at 5.9% proficiency, 28 points below district and 53 below state. Third-grade ELA is a bright spot, rising four straight years (27.8 → 31.3 → 34.0 → 38.1). Nearby comparisons are stark: Voris Community Learning Center, 1.6 miles away in the same district, has 40th-percentile rank, 2 stars, 57.6% average proficiency, and 24.6% chronic absenteeism, despite slightly fewer students and less funding. Most other nearby district CLCs also rank higher. It spends $10,985 per student (2018–19), near the top of that peer group, yet has the lowest average proficiency among them.

The school’s attendance is mid-pack; its achievement is last-place. Special education results have been highly uneven across years, including near-bottom statewide ranks in some years, suggesting the school has not established a stable approach for that group. The clearest academic opportunity is the 4th-to-5th grade transition, especially in math. The most useful comparison is not this school versus the state but this school versus Voris Community Learning Center: a same-district, same-structure, similarly funded neighbor performing about 30 proficiency points better and with absenteeism 16 points lower. That gap suggests improvement is possible within the system the school operates in, even as the school’s attendance gains and rising third-grade ELA offer real momentum.