I Promise School

Set in Akron, Ohio, I Promise School is a moderately sized 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Akron City. It enrolls 478 students across grades 3 through 8.

Within Akron City, which oversees 47 schools and 20,570 students, I Promise School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, I Promise School records that 57% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder breaks down as 12% White, 11% multiracial, 10% Asian, 8% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Summit County put median household earnings sit near $71,622, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. I Promise School is one of 149 public schools in Summit County (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students).

Nearest neighbor: Towpath Trail High School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

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