Barber Community Learning Center

Barber Community Learning Center is a mid-sized K-5 school in Akron, Ohio, part of Akron City. The school caters to 431 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Barber Community Learning Center is one of 47 schools operated by Akron City, a district that caters to 20,570 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Barber Community Learning Center lists that 40% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 29% Black, 12% White, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 4%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Barber Community Learning Center has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Summit County) records that the typical household earns roughly $71,622 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Summit County's 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students), Barber Community Learning Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Seiberling Community Learning Center, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Barber Community Learning Center.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Barber Community Learning Center has ticked up 42%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 431 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 3% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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