ELP Essex

ELP Essex is an elementary-level community of minimally staffed scale in Akron, Ohio, run under Akron City, caters to 84 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so ELP Essex sits 79% below that benchmark.

ELP Essex is one of 47 schools operated by Akron City, a district that works with 20,570 students overall.

On the student-mix side, ELP Essex lists that the largest single group is Black at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 33% White, 14% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian. By comparison, Summit County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, ELP Essex has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 42.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the area at large, census data for Summit County shows median household earnings sit near $71,622, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Summit County runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students), of which ELP Essex is one.

The closest other public school is Litchfield Community Learning Center, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.