Hinckley Preparatory Academy

As a micro-enrollment primary school in Hinckley, Ohio, Hinckley Preparatory Academy educates 60 students from grades K through 5, part of Hinckley Preparatory Academy. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Hinckley Preparatory Academy sits 85% smaller than that benchmark.

Hinckley Preparatory Academy is the operating authority for Hinckley Preparatory Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Hinckley Preparatory Academy shows that White students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder comes out to 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Medina County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Medina County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hinckley Preparatory Academy sits in the top 10% of Ohio schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 74.3%; actual is 100.0%, +25.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Medina County shows the typical household earns roughly $94,968 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Hinckley Preparatory Academy is one of 49 public schools in Medina County (combined enrollment of about 25,243 students).

The closest other public school is Hinckley Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hinckley Preparatory Academy at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 80.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site. Hinckley Preparatory Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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