Youngstown Preparatory Academy

Youngstown Preparatory Academy is a micro-enrollment elementary school in Youngstown, Ohio, run under Youngstown Preparatory Academy. The school caters to 126 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 69% below the state mean of about 404.

Youngstown Preparatory Academy is a school of Youngstown Preparatory Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Youngstown Preparatory Academy shows that the largest single group is Black, at 78% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 14% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Youngstown Preparatory Academy has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 63.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, Mahoning County reports that median household income runs about $56,942, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Youngstown Preparatory Academy is one of 77 public schools in Mahoning County (combined enrollment of about 27,927 students).

Nearest neighbor: Choffin Career Cntr, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. As a public charter, Youngstown Preparatory Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.