Summary:
ZIP code 44303 is served by a single middle school, I Promise School, located at 400 W Market St in Akron and serving 478 students in grades 3–8 as part of the Akron City district.
Academically, this school sits well below both its district and the state. Across the 14 reported 2025–2026 test rows, I Promise School averages 15.7% proficient, compared with 35.5% for Akron City and 60.1% for Ohio. The gap holds in every subject: Mathematics averages 14.4% (district 30.2%, state 57.6%), ELA 19.2% (district 41.5%, state 62.1%), and Science just 8.9% (district 33.8%, state 62.0%). Statewide, the school ranked 995 of 1046 middle schools in 2025–2026 — the 5th percentile with 0 stars — after landing in the 2nd percentile in each of the prior two years. Akron City itself ranks in the 17th percentile with 1 star, so the school trails an already struggling district. Its brightest spots are 4th grade Math (33.3%), 5th grade ELA (36.8%), and 7th grade ELA (26.1%). The most urgent concerns are 6th grade ELA (1.3%), 8th grade Science (4.5%), and 3rd grade Math (5.2%).
There is some momentum worth noting. ELA improved in several grades year over year — 5th grade rose from 22.0% to 36.8%, 7th from 6.7% to 26.1%, 4th from 9.9% to 23.6%, and 8th from 7.4% to 16.4% — and the schoolwide ELA average climbed from 11.7% to 19.2%. Math results were mixed, and Science slipped from 13.8% to 8.9%. Chronic absenteeism is 38.1%, better than the district's 40.9% but still high, and the student-teacher ratio of 9.7 is a relative resource strength. Per-student spending is only available for 2018–2019 at $8,662, and free/reduced lunch data is blank, so economic context is unknown.
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