Summary:
ZIP code 44301 in Akron, Ohio contains 7 schools serving grades K–12 — 3 elementary schools, 3 high schools, and 1 alternative school, with no standalone middle school — enrolling 2,141 students in total. Five of these schools are part of Akron City district, which ranks 643 of 773 districts (17th percentile, 1 star), while Main Preparatory Academy and Akron Career Technical High School belong to their own districts. Middle-grade students are spread across nonstandard grade spans: Main Preparatory serves K–8 and APS Online serves 4–12.
Voris Community Learning Center is the clear academic standout, with the only latest-year 2-star rating here (942 of 1,560, 40th percentile), chronic absenteeism of 24.6% versus the district's 40.9%, and results above the district in all 7 reported elementary tests. APS Online has by far the lowest chronic absenteeism at 10.0% and an 84.9% graduation rate, but very low proficiency. Garfield Community Learning Center is the largest school with 912 students and a 92.3% graduation rate (above the district's 90.3%), yet it reports 62.4% chronic absenteeism and a 6th-percentile, 0-star rank.
At the other end, Akron Career Technical High School reports 85.5% chronic absenteeism — the highest in the group — while Akron Alternative Academy reports 83.0% absenteeism and a 0.0% graduation rate as reported. Main Preparatory Academy, with just 103 students, shows isolated strength in 7th-grade math (63.6%) alongside 0.0% in 4th-grade math and 64.5% absenteeism. McEbright Community Learning Center sits in the middle with a 16th-percentile rank and 38.8% absenteeism. Note that free/reduced-lunch data is blank for every school, spending figures are from 2018–2019, and APS Online's reported 192.0 student-teacher ratio is not comparable to brick-and-mortar schools.
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