Glover Community Learning Center

Glover Community Learning Center is a medium-sized K-5 school in Akron, Ohio, operated by Akron City. The school serves 344 students in grades K through 5.

Akron City runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 20,570 students. Glover Community Learning Center is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glover Community Learning Center reports that the largest single group is Black at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 20% multiracial, 18% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian. By comparison, Summit County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Glover Community Learning Center tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Summit County indicate median household income runs about $71,622, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Summit County runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students), of which Glover Community Learning Center is one.

Main Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Glover Community Learning Center operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Glover Community Learning Center's enrollment has expanded 15% since 2018, when it stood at 299 (now 344). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 63% to 52%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

On this page, members of the Glover Community Learning Center community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.