Ritzman Community Learning Center

Located at 629 Canton Rd, in Akron, Ohio, Ritzman Community Learning Center is a modestly sized K-5 school that educates 320 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Akron City. Enrollment runs roughly 21% below the state mean of about 404.

Akron City runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 20,570 students. Ritzman Community Learning Center is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ritzman Community Learning Center records that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 25% Black, 11% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Ritzman Community Learning Center tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, Summit County reports that median household earnings sit near $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 Ritzman Community Learning Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: Summit Academy Akron Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 360 students in 2018 compared to 320 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 75% to 56% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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