Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44310

ZIP code 44310 in Akron, Ohio, contains seven schools — three elementary schools (Findley Community Learning Center, Harris/Jackson Community Learning Center, and Forest Hill Community Learning Center), one middle school (Jennings Community Learning Center), and three high schools (North High School, Cascade Career Prep High School, and Steel Academy) — serving about 3,363 students. Five are part of the Akron City district, which ranks 643rd of 773 Ohio districts; Cascade and Steel are their own districts. No school here ranks above the bottom quartile statewide: Forest Hill's 25th percentile is the highest in the ZIP, Cascade's 0 the lowest. Note that free/reduced-lunch figures are blank for every school, spending data are from 2018–2019, and Cascade and Steel report only 2024–2025 test scores.

Among the elementary schools, Forest Hill Community Learning Center and Harris/Jackson Community Learning Center stand out. Forest Hill has the ZIP's lowest chronic absenteeism at 11.8% — far under the district's 40.9% — the highest rank percentile (25th), and the strongest elementary ELA results (63.3% in 3rd grade vs. 47.0% district-wide). Harris/Jackson's absenteeism is 19.5%, and it beats the district in all three tested ELA grades, with 5th-grade math at 45.5% vs. 33.9%. At Jennings Community Learning Center, Algebra I proficiency is a striking outlier at 92.6% (district 42.7%, state 61.6%), though its other middle-grade results are mostly low. North High School, the largest school at 900 students, has the top graduation rate at 87.1%, still below the district's 90.3%, alongside 53.8% chronic absenteeism.

Cascade Career Prep High School and Steel Academy show the weakest outcomes. Cascade reports 100.0% chronic absenteeism, a 14.0% graduation rate, and 0% in Algebra I. Steel reports 67.4% chronic absenteeism, a 61.5% graduation rate, and proficiency of 4.2% in Algebra I, 7.7% in English II, and 13.9% in Biology. Steel has the smallest classes (10.9 students per teacher) and the lowest listed spending ($6,259), while Cascade has the largest classes (20.4) — patterns that do not show resources alone determining results. Both schools are tiny (102 and 82 students), so their percentages can swing widely.