Harris/Jackson Community Learning Center

Harris/Jackson Community Learning Center is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Akron, Ohio, run under Akron City. The school hosts 473 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Harris/Jackson Community Learning Center is one of 47 schools operated by Akron City, a district that enrolls 20,570 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Harris/Jackson Community Learning Center shows that the largest single group is Asian at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 19% Black, 19% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Summit County as a whole is about 4% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Summit County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,622 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Summit County runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students), of which Harris/Jackson Community Learning Center is one.

The closest other public school is North High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harris/Jackson Community Learning Center.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 524 students in 2018 compared to 473 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 5% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.