Middlebury Academy

Located at 88 Kent St, in Akron, Ohio, Middlebury Academy is a modestly sized primary school that instructs 253 students (grades K through 8), run under Middlebury Academy. Enrollment runs roughly 37% leaner than the state mean of about 404.

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

On the student-mix side, Middlebury Academy records that 80% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 13% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, Summit County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Middlebury Academy reports 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Summit County put median household earnings sit near $71,622, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Middlebury Academy is one of 149 public schools in Summit County (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students).

Case Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Middlebury Academy.

Middlebury Academy operates from a city-core location. Middlebury 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 increased 24%: 204 students in 2018 compared to 253 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 13% to 5% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.