Miller-South Visual Performing Arts

Set in Akron, Ohio, Miller-South Visual Performing Arts is a compact 6-8 campus, part of Akron City. It hosts 403 students across grades 4 through 8.

Miller-South Visual Performing Arts is one of 47 schools operated by Akron City, a district that hosts 20,570 students overall.

Demographically, Miller-South Visual Performing Arts records that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Black, 11% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Summit County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Miller-South Visual Performing Arts tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, Summit County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,622 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Summit County runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students), of which Miller-South Visual Performing Arts is one.

The closest other public school is Helen Arnold Community Learning Center, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Miller-South Visual Performing Arts.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 482 students in 2018 compared to 403 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 61% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.