Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain

Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain is one of the tiny elementary schools in Lorain, Ohio, operated by Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain, with 69 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain sits 83% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain answers to Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain lists that 57% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 26% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lorain County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,347, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Lorain County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students), of which Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain is one.

Longfellow Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain.

The school occupies a suburban site. Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 45%: 125 students in 2018 compared to 69 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Summit Academy Community School Alternative Learners-Lorain community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.