Imagine Leadership Academy

Imagine Leadership Academy, a micro-enrollment elementary school in Akron, Ohio, operated by Imagine Leadership Academy, works with 145 students, covering grades 1 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 64% below typical.

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

On demographics, Imagine Leadership Academy reports that 90% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, Summit County reports that median household income runs about $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 Imagine Leadership Academy is one.

Imagine Akron Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Imagine Leadership Academy.

Imagine Leadership Academy operates from an inner-city location. Imagine Leadership Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 21%: 183 students in 2018 compared to 145 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 84% to 90% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Imagine Leadership Academy community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.