McEbright Community Learning Center

McEbright Community Learning Center is a K–5 elementary school at 349 Cole Ave. in Akron, Ohio, enrolling 353 students in the Akron City School District, which itself ranks in the bottom fifth of Ohio districts. In 2025–2026 McEbright ranked 1,309th of 1,560 Ohio elementary schools — the 16th percentile, with 1 star — and has stayed in the bottom fifth of the state for a decade. Locally, Voris Community Learning Center leads at the 40th percentile with 2 stars, followed by Leggett Community Learning Center at the 21st. McEbright outranks Mason Community Learning Center, Pfeiffer Elementary School, David Hill Community Learning Center, Glover Community Learning Center and Helen Arnold Community Learning Center, and is comparable to nearby charters Case Preparatory Academy and Akron Preparatory School.

Test results split sharply by grade. In 2025–2026, McEbright's 4th graders outperformed the district in both math (48.8% proficient versus 44.2%) and English language arts (51.2% versus 43.1%), though both remain below state averages; the 4th grade ELA result tops every nearby same-district school except Voris (70.5%). Third and 5th grades lag the district, with 3rd grade math at 26.8% versus 35.8%, 3rd grade ELA 32.8% versus 47.0%, 5th grade math 25.5% versus 33.9%, ELA 43.6% versus 55.9%, and science 25.5% versus 38.9%, science having declined two years running.

Chronic absenteeism has improved substantially, from 55.2% in 2022–2023 to 38.8% in 2025–2026 — now below the district's 40.9% and far better than nearby charters Case Preparatory Academy (76.2%), Main Preparatory Academy (64.5%) and Akron Preparatory School (63.1%), though still above Voris (24.6%); more than one in three students remains chronically absent. Effectiveness data for the school's African American student subgroup shows a 33rd percentile, 2-star ranking, higher than the school's overall standing, and results for students with disabilities rose from the 1st percentile to the 15th. Spending was $11,516 per student in 2018–2019, more than most same-district peers and far more than nearby charters, yet overall outcomes stay low; Voris spends less ($10,230) and ranks much higher.