Summary:
ZIP code 44320 in Akron, Ohio is home to two high schools serving very different student populations: Buchtel Community Learning Center, a grades 6–12 school in the Akron City district with 994 students, and Summit Academy Secondary - Akron, a much smaller grades 9–12 school with 60 students that forms its own Summit Academy Secondary - Akron district. Because Buchtel includes middle school grades, its enrollment count is not all high-school students, and its overall test averages are not directly comparable to Summit's.
Both schools sit in the bottom tier of Ohio high schools. In 2025–2026, Buchtel ranked 703 of 795 (12th percentile, 1 star) and Summit ranked 747 of 795 (6th percentile, 0 stars, down from 1 star the prior year). Graduation rates are high at both — 93.5% at Buchtel (2025–2026, above its district's 90.3%) and 93.3% at Summit (2024–2025) — yet most test scores trail state averages. Chronic absenteeism is severe: 63.9% at Buchtel versus 40.9% in its district, and 55.8% at Summit. Buchtel spends more per student ($10,688 in 2018–2019 vs. $7,231) and has a larger student-teacher ratio (13.3 vs. 6.6), but neither spending nor Summit's smaller classes translates into stronger results.
American History is the relative bright spot for both in 2025–2026 — Buchtel at 56.0% and Summit at 56.5%, both still below Ohio's 73.2%. Buchtel's middle-school scores are extremely low (Math 8 at 4.9%, Science 8 at 6.8%, ELA 8 at 9.2%), and it outperforms Summit in most end-of-course subjects. Summit's only above-state result was 2024–2025 American Government at 83.3% (state 72.6%), which then fell to 40.0%, and it scored 0% in Geometry in both years — swings that reflect its very small test-taking population. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for both, and spending figures are historical.
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