Summit Academy Secondary - Akron

Summit Academy Secondary - Akron is a micro-enrollment secondary school in Akron, Ohio, part of Summit Academy Secondary - Akron. The school hosts 60 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 89% leaner than typical.

Summit Academy Secondary - Akron is the operating authority for Summit Academy Secondary - Akron, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Summit Academy Secondary - Akron lists that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 38% Black, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

In the area at large, census data for Summit County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,622 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Summit County's 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students), Summit Academy Secondary - Akron is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Buchtel Community Learning Center, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site. Summit Academy Secondary - Akron is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 26%: 81 students in 2018 compared to 60 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 6% to 0% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 6.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.