Summary:
Summit Academy-Youngstown is the sole elementary public charter school in the Summit Academy-Youngstown district, serving students in Youngstown, Ohio. With just 134 students and a student-teacher ratio of 8.6 to 1, the school has struggled to provide a quality education, as evidenced by its consistently low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism rates.
Academically, Summit Academy-Youngstown has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Ohio elementary schools, with proficiency rates well below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 5th grade science, only 16.7% of students were proficient, compared to the state average of 64%. This suggests that the school may be facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its diverse student population, which is 49.25% White, 35.82% African American, 5.22% Hispanic, and 9.7% two or more races.
Compounding the academic struggles, Summit Academy-Youngstown also faces a chronic absenteeism rate of over 50%, indicating that a large portion of the student population is missing a significant amount of instructional time. This, combined with the school's relatively low spending per student ($7,418 in 2018-2019), suggests that the school may be facing resource constraints that could be impacting its ability to provide the necessary support and interventions to improve student outcomes.
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