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Located:	Akron OH
Superintendent:	David W. James
Students:	23,000
Staff:	1,300
Schools:	48, pre-K through Grade 12
Founded:	1847
Budget:	$292 million in FY2009
Website:	http://www.akronschools.com

Akron Public Schools is a school district serving students in Akron

Akron, Ohio

Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

 and nearby communities. It is located in the northeastern part of Ohio, less than 40 miles south of Cleveland and 20 miles north of Canton

Canton, Ohio

Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...

. The district includes, as of 2009-10, 7 high schools, 10 middle schools and 34 elementary schools. Approximately, 23,000 students are enrolled. http://www.ode.state.oh.us

Community learning centers

Akron Public Schools is currently undergoing reconstruction of its buildings. Through a partnership with the City of Akron and OSFC, schools in the Akron Public Schools district will be rebuilt or remodeled to become community learning centers by 2015. These are schools by day and community learning centers by night and weekends.

Seventeen CLCs are complete and another 7 are in the design or construction stage. The City of Akron is responsible for scheduling the use of these buildings after school hours.

Programs offered

Akron Early College High School - Students earn a high school diploma and an associate's degree or up to 72 hours toward a bachelor's degree. 100% of the student body is dual enrolled at both AECHS and The University of Akron. The school serves students in grades 9 - 12 through a rigorous and comprehensive curriculum. Students apply for admission in the 8th grade, and all students begin college cousework in the 9th grade. High school classrooms are located in three buildings on the campus of The University of Akron.

National Inventor's Hall of Fame School...Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Learning — This is a new school that opened in fall 2009 and currently houses grades five and six eventually expanding to grades 5-8. This school specializes in hands on learning and emphasizes the use of technology and inquiry learning and will serve as a pilot for successful teaching practices to be used at the district's other schools.

International Baccalaureate — The IB program at Firestone High School is a rigorous two-year curriculum that meets the highest standards required of any high school student in the world.

Career Education—Students can choose from more than 30 two-year, accredited, occupational training programs that meet industry standards and get graduates ready for college or jobs. '

Visual & Performing Arts — Nearly 700 students participate in visual and performing arts programs at Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts (grades 4-8) and Firestone High School. Firestone students can earn an arts endorsement on their diploma and transcript. Our students perform at concerts and dance recitals and in a wide variety of music and theatre programs.

College Access — Students can earn a high school diploma and college credit through the Seniors to Sophomores program, or known as S2S, high school seniors can earn a diploma while earning 24 college credit hours at The University of Akron.

High schools

• Buchtel High School
  Buchtel High School
  John R. Buchtel High School is a public high school in Akron, Ohio. It is one of seven high schools in the Akron Public Schools district. It is commonly known as Buchtel High School.-History:...
  
  
• East Community Learning Center
• Ellet High School
  Ellet High School
  Ellet High School is a public high school in Akron, Ohio. It is one of seven high schools in the Akron City School District. Ellet's daily enrollment for the 2009–2010 school year was 1051.-History:...
  
  
• Firestone High School
  Firestone High School
  Harvey S. Firestone High School is a public high school located on the northwest side of Akron, Ohio. It is one of seven high schools in the Akron Public Schools district. The high school currently offers programs such as the Visual and Performing Arts, International Baccalaureate Program, and...
  
  
• Garfield High School
  Garfield High School (Akron, Ohio)
  Garfield High School is a public high school located off of N. Firestone Blvd. in Akron, Ohio. It is 1 of 7 high schools in the Akron Public Schools district.-History:...
  
  
• Kenmore High School
  Kenmore High School
  Kenmore High School is a public high school in Akron, Ohio. It is 1 of 7 high schools in the Akron Public Schools district. The schools mascot is the Cardinals. They are a member of the Akron City Series athletic conference.-History:...
  
  
• North High School
  North High School (Akron, Ohio)
  North High School is a public high school in Akron, Ohio. It is one of seven high schools in the Akron Public Schools district.-History:Akron's first grammar school/high school building was used from 1847 to 1853. It was a dwelling house which was fixed up for a grammar school/high school...
  
  

Middle schools

• Bridges
• Goodyear
• Hyre CLC
• Innes CLC
• Jennings CLC
• Kent
• Litchfield
• Miller South
• National Inventors Hall of Fame
  National Inventors Hall of Fame
  The National Inventors Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recognizing, honoring and encouraging invention and creativity through the administration of its programs. The Hall of Fame honors the men and women responsible for the great technological advances that make human,...
  
   School - Center for STEM Learning
• Perkins

Elementary schools

• Arnold CLC
• Barber CLC
• Barrett
• Bettes
• Betty Jane CLC
• Bridges
• Case
• Crouse CLC
• Essex
• Findley CLC
• Firestone Park
• Forest Hill CLC
• Glover CLC
• Harris
• Hatton
• Hill CLC
• King
• Lawndale
• Leggett
• Mason CLC
• McEbright
• Pfeiffer
• Portage Path
• Rankin
• Resnik CLC
• Rimer CLC
• Ritzman CLC
• Robinson CLC
• Salem CLC
• Schumacher
• Seiberling
• Smith
• Voris CLC
• Windemere

Specialty schools

• Adult Learning
• Akron Alternative Academy
• Akron Digital Academy
• Akron Early College High School
• Akron Opportunity Center
• Bridges
• Evening High School
• Miller South
• National Inventors Hall of Fame School - Center for STEM Learning
• Olympus
• School of Practical Nursing

Schools that have been closed

• Grace Elementary School - Became an antiques mall for a few years, since demolished. The land is now houses a car dealership.
• Margaret Park Elementary - Closed in 2008
• South High School - This school closed at the end of the 1983-1984 school year. It reopened in 1994 as an intermediate visual and performing arts school, renamed Miller-South.
• Heminger Elementary - Closed in 2008
• Lane Elementary - This building was demolished in 1980. Helen Arnold Community Learning Center, which opened in the fall of 2007, was built near the former school to serve students in the neighborhood.
• Central-Hower High School - This building closed at the end of the 2005-2006 school year. It is currently being used as a temporary East High School
  East High School (Akron, Ohio)
  East Community Learning Center, formerly known as East High School, is a public high school in Akron, Ohio. It is one of seven high schools in the Akron Public Schools.-History:The campus on Brittain Road opened in September 1955...
  
  as their facility is being renovated and expanded. Once East High School is done they will begin to rebuild Buchtel High School and Central Hower will be used by Buchtel kids.
• Goodyear Middle School - The school closed and was combined with East High School once construction was completed.
• Fairlawn Elementary School - This Building was demolished in 2006 and replaced by Judith Resnik Community Learning Center, which was built on the same location.
• Erie Island, Stewart, and Lincoln elementary schools closed at the end of the 2008-09 school year.
• Hotchkiss Elementary closed in 2007 and is now called Bridges, a program with children with disabilities.
• Crosby closed in 2004 and is currently used and the Akron Alternative School.
• Riedinger and Goodrich middle schools closed in 2009
• West Jr. High School closed in 1980 and later became senior citizen living apartments.
• Thomastown Elementary School - Now houses the Haunted Schoolhouse.