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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44308


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391
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Top rankedNational Inventors Hall of Fame School Center for STEM160th of 1,046 Ohio middle schools
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Biggest riser
National Inventors Hall of Fame School Center for STEM up 69 spots statewide this year
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Summary:

ZIP code 44308 has one school in the provided data: National Inventors Hall of Fame School Center for STEM, a middle school serving grades 5–8 with 391 students, located at 199 S Broadway St in Akron and part of Akron City. The area summary lists 0 elementary, 1 middle, 0 high, and 0 alternative schools for this ZIP, so there are no other local schools to compare it with; the useful comparisons are to its district and to Ohio overall.

This school is a standout against its district. In 2025–26 it ranked 160th of 1,046 schools, in the 85th percentile with 4 stars, while Akron City ranked 643rd of 773 districts, in the 17th percentile with 1 star. Its rank improved from 433rd in 2023–24 to 229th in 2024–25 to 160th in 2025–26, moving from 3 stars to 4 stars. Test results are strong: Algebra I End of Course was 96.4% proficient in 2025–26 and 100% in 2024–25; 8th grade math was 85.7% and 8th grade science 80.7% in 2025–26; English Language Arts across grades 5–8 was generally 73%–83%. Across 11 reported 2025–26 tests, a simple unweighted average is about 75.3% for the school, 33.7% for the district, and 59.0% for the state. The only reported measure not above the state was 5th grade math, at 58.9% versus the state's 59.1%, still well above the district's 33.9%.

Other indicators are also notable. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–26 was 15.0% at the school versus 40.9% in the district. The student-teacher ratio was 15 in 2024–25, and per-student spending was $13,511 in 2018–19. Free/reduced lunch data was not provided. Some results changed year over year: 8th grade math rose 26.6 points, 8th grade ELA rose 6.0 points, and Algebra I dipped 3.6 points from 100% but remained very high. Data limits include a single-school sample, spending data from 2018–19, and chronic absenteeism available for only one year. Overall, this school appears high-performing relative to both its district and the state, especially in Algebra I, 8th grade math, 8th grade science, and ELA, with low chronic absenteeism and a rising rank.

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