Summary:
ZIP code 44305 in Akron, Ohio is home to six schools — five elementary schools (two of them K–8 charters) and one grade 6–12 high school — serving roughly 2,776 students. Four schools belong to Akron City Schools, together enrolling 2,164 students, while Akron Preparatory School and Middlebury Academy are independent charters with 612 students combined. East Community Learning Center, at 923 students, is the area's only secondary option.
Most schools here score below state averages, but some are clearly stronger than others. Seiberling Community Learning Center is the bright spot: its 3rd-grade English result (71.4%) is the only school test score in the ZIP at or above the state figure (63.4%), and it gained in reading, math and science year over year. Barber Community Learning Center has by far the lowest chronic absenteeism (24.2%, versus the district's 40.9%) and leads the ZIP's elementaries in 3rd-grade math (40.7%). Betty Jane Community Learning Center posts the highest elementary math figure in the ZIP (4th grade, 54.8%) but has slipped in the rankings. Middlebury Academy has the ZIP's worst absenteeism (70.3%) yet outperforms larger district schools on 4th-grade reading (61.5%).
East Community Learning Center shows the widest gaps: chronic absenteeism of 66.9%, proficiency averaging about 35 points below state figures, and a falling rank. Even so, it graduates 86.2% of students, only modestly behind the district's 90.3%. Akron Preparatory School ranks lowest in the sample, with math dropping from 43.3% in 3rd grade to 5.3% in 8th. Across the ZIP, science is weak at every school, and proficiency falls as grade level rises. The two charters receive roughly 29% less per pupil and run larger classes, yet their results are no better than the district elementaries'.
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