Mahoning Valley Community School

Mahoning Valley Community School is one of the rural-scale four-year high schools in Youngstown, Ohio, one of the schools within Mahoning Valley Community School, with 107 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Mahoning Valley Community School sits 81% smaller than that benchmark.

Mahoning Valley Community School is the operating authority for Mahoning Valley Community School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mahoning Valley Community School records that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Mahoning Valley Community School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.1:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mahoning County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mahoning Valley Community School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 52.1%; this one comes in at 14.6%, -37.5 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Mahoning County put median household earnings sit near $56,942, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Mahoning County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,927 students), Mahoning Valley Community School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Youngstown Virtual Academy, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mahoning Valley Community School.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. As a public charter, Mahoning Valley Community School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Mahoning Valley Community School's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 100 (now 107). Black enrollment moved from 80% to 51% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for Mahoning Valley Community School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.