Academy for Urban Scholars Youngstown

Academy for Urban Scholars Youngstown, a modestly sized secondary school in Youngstown, Ohio, part of Academy for Urban Scholars Youngstown, educates 374 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Academy for Urban Scholars Youngstown sits 34% smaller than that benchmark.

Academy for Urban Scholars Youngstown sits inside Academy for Urban Scholars Youngstown, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Academy for Urban Scholars Youngstown reports that the largest single group is Black, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 10% White, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Mahoning County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Academy for Urban Scholars Youngstown records 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 46.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Academy for Urban Scholars Youngstown higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Mahoning County put median household income runs about $56,942, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Mahoning County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,927 students), Academy for Urban Scholars Youngstown is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Horizon Science Academy Youngstown, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Academy for Urban Scholars Youngstown.

The school occupies a city-core site. Academy for Urban Scholars Youngstown is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 143%: 154 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 86% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 77.0:1 in 2018 to 46.8:1 in 2025.

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