Portage Path Community Learning Center

Portage Path Community Learning Center, a close-knit elementary school in Akron, Ohio, part of Akron City, enrolls 289 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Akron City comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 20,570 students; Portage Path Community Learning Center is among them.

In terms of who attends, Portage Path Community Learning Center shows that the largest single group is Black, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 13% White, 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Summit County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Summit County put the typical household earns roughly $71,622 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Portage Path Community Learning Center is one of 149 public schools in Summit County (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students).

The closest other public school is King Community Learning Center, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Portage Path Community Learning Center's enrollment has fell 5% since 2018, when it stood at 303 (now 289). Black enrollment moved from 82% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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