Summary:
ZIP code 44310 has one middle school, Jennings Community Learning Center, serving grades 6–8 in the Akron City district. With 846 students, it is the only middle school in this ZIP code, so parents should compare it with Akron City and Ohio rather than with a local peer school. The school’s 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 14.1, implying about 60 teachers, and its 2018–19 per-student spending was $9,751. Free/reduced-lunch information is blank, so economic context is unknown. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–26 was 37.7%, lower than Akron City’s 40.9% but still high.
Test results are mixed. The clearest standout is Algebra I: 92.6% proficiency in 2025–26, far above Akron City’s 42.7% and Ohio’s 61.6%. However, this likely reflects a selective group of advanced math students, because 8th-grade math proficiency was only 17.6%. In grade-level math and English language arts, Jennings was below Ohio in every subject: Science 8 was 33.8%, Math 6 was 22.7%, Math 7 was 19.2%, Math 8 was 17.6%, ELA 6 was 33.3%, ELA 7 was 28.9%, and ELA 8 was 33.8%. Against Akron City, Jennings was higher in Science 8, ELA 6, and Algebra I; lower in Math 6, Math 7, and ELA 7; and essentially tied in Math 8 and ELA 8.
There are signs of improvement. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Science 8 rose 10.0 points, ELA 8 rose 8.7 points, ELA 6 rose 6.5 points, and Math 8 rose 5.3 points. Math 6, Math 7, ELA 7, and Algebra I dipped slightly. Jennings ranked 856 of 1046 schools in 2025–26, the 18th percentile with a 1-star rating, up from 903 of 1046 and the 14th percentile in 2023–24. Overall, Jennings remains low-performing in core grade-level subjects, but shows improvement in several areas and a striking Algebra I result that should be interpreted with caution because the number of test-takers is not provided.
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