Summary
Pfeiffer Elementary School is a K–5 school serving 194 students in the Akron City School District at 2081 9th St SW in Akron, Ohio, and it is smaller than most nearby Akron elementary schools. The district ranks 643rd of 773 in Ohio, at the 17th percentile with 1 star, and Pfeiffer's 2025–2026 rank is 1363rd of 1560 statewide — the 13th percentile, with 1 star. Its recent history sits in the bottom quartile: 13th percentile in 2025–2026, 8th in 2024–2025, 22nd in 2023–2024, and 21st–24th in the four years before that, with no sustained upward trend.
Among nearby schools in the same district, Pfeiffer is not the lowest performer but lags the stronger ones: Voris Community Learning Center (40th percentile, 2 stars), Sam Salem Community Learning Center (31st, 2 stars), and Rimer Community Learning Center (24th, 1 star) all rank above it, while Helen Arnold Community Learning Center (6th, 0 stars) and Crouse Community Learning Center (2nd, 0 stars) rank below, and McEbright Community Learning Center is close behind at 16th. Coventry Elementary School, in Coventry Local, ranks 489th of 1560 at the 69th percentile with 3 stars. Chronic absenteeism at Pfeiffer is 38.2%, better than the district's 40.9% but higher than Voris (24.6%), Rimer (33.1%), Sam Salem (35.5%), and Coventry (11.0%). The student-teacher ratio is 11.5, lower than most nearby schools.
Pfeiffer improved in six of seven tested areas from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but scores mostly remain below district and state levels. The brightest spot is 5th-grade English Language Arts at 57.9%, above the district's 55.9% and above several nearby Akron schools, though it trails Voris Community Learning Center, Sam Salem Community Learning Center, and the state's 70.4%. Math is the main weakness: 18.9% in 3rd grade (down from 29.6%), 30.8% in 4th, and 21.1% in 5th. Subgroup results are a serious concern, with female students at the 1st percentile statewide and African American and low-SES students in the low teens.
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