Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44306

ZIP code 44306 has five schools serving about 1,720 students: four elementary or K–8 schools and one high school, with four in Akron City and one, Case Preparatory Academy, in its own district. The elementary/K–8 group includes Mason Community Learning Center, David Hill Community Learning Center, Glover Community Learning Center, and Case Preparatory Academy, while National Inventors Hall of Fame STEM High School at Robinson CLC serves grades 9–12. The area has no standalone middle school, but Case Preparatory Academy is a K–8 school, so middle-grade students are enrolled there.

The clearest standout is National Inventors Hall of Fame STEM High School at Robinson CLC. It has a 100.0% graduation rate, chronic absenteeism of 19.4%, and the ZIP’s highest 2025–26 rank percentile at 38th. It outperforms Akron City in all six End-of-Course exams and beats the state in American Government (86.3%), American History (80.3%), and Algebra I (66.7%). Its weakest results are Geometry (25.4% proficient) and English II (49.4%), though both are still above district averages. By contrast, Case Preparatory Academy faces the most severe challenges: 76.2% chronic absenteeism, a district rank at the 4th percentile, 0 stars, and very low math proficiency, including 3.2% in 4th grade math and 4.0% in 6th grade math. Its 5th grade ELA proficiency is a bright spot at 69.6%.

Among the Akron City elementary schools, David Hill Community Learning Center has the strongest single elementary ELA result, with 3rd grade ELA at 51.4%, above the district’s 47.0% but below the state’s 63.4%. Mason Community Learning Center improved in 5th grade science (15.2% to 29.8%) and 5th grade ELA (21.7% to 40.4%), but 4th grade math fell from 56.4% to 32.0%. Glover Community Learning Center had the sharpest decline, with its simple average proficiency dropping from about 35.3% to 27.8%, 0 stars in 2025–26, and 5th grade math at only 5.9%. Chronic absenteeism is above 40% at the four elementary/K–8 schools, while STEM High is 19.4%. Per-student spending among the four Akron City schools is similar at roughly $10,633–$10,986 in 2018–19, though it is not reported for Case Preparatory Academy. Year-to-year swings are large, so single-year changes should be read cautiously.