Summary:
ZIP code 44307 in Akron, Ohio, contains exactly one middle-level school: Miller-South Visual Performing Arts, a grades 4–8 campus serving 403 students in the Akron City district — a district that ranks in the bottom fifth of Ohio districts statewide (17th percentile, 1 star). Because this ZIP code has only one school, there are no local peers to compare against; every comparison below is against the district or the state.
The most important thing for parents to know is that this school performs far above its district and generally above the state. Miller-South beats Akron City on all 26 test records across the two most recent years — every subject, every grade — with its narrowest margin still above 14 points and its widest 45 points. Against Ohio as a whole, it exceeds the state proficiency rate on 20 of 26 tests. Its accountability profile reflects that: 3 stars versus the district's 1 star, and a statewide rank in the 57th percentile versus the district's 17th. Chronic absenteeism is 15.5%, less than half the district's 40.9%. These results have held steady for three consecutive years.
Two caveats matter. First, because this school also serves grades 4 and 5, its headline numbers blend stronger elementary results with weaker upper-grade ones — grades 4–5 averaged 88.5 and 80.5 across the two years, while grades 6–8 averaged 60.7 and 61.9. The weakest spot is 8th-grade math, which fell below the state by roughly 19–24 points in both years, though it improved by 8.8 points year over year. Science 5 and Science 8 each dropped nearly 20 points. Second, some context is missing: the free/reduced-lunch percentage is blank, and per-student spending ($11,924) dates to 2018–19, so poverty and funding comparisons are not possible here.
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