Summit Academy Secondary - Youngstown

Summit Academy Secondary - Youngstown is a 9-12 campus of very small scale in Youngstown, Ohio, overseen by Summit Academy Secondary - Youngstown, teacheing 82 students in grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 85% smaller than the state mean of about 565.

Operationally, Summit Academy Secondary - Youngstown answers to Summit Academy Secondary - Youngstown, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Summit Academy Secondary - Youngstown records that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 35% Black, 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Summit Academy Secondary - Youngstown has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.6:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, census data for Mahoning County shows median household earnings sit near $56,942, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Mahoning County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,927 students), of which Summit Academy Secondary - Youngstown is one.

Wilson Alternative 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 Secondary - Youngstown.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Summit Academy Secondary - Youngstown is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Summit Academy Secondary - Youngstown has edged down 66%, going from 239 students in 2018 to 82 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 54% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.