Summary:
Cascade Career Prep High School is a public charter high school in Akron, Ohio, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 77 students. The school has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing high schools in the state, with poor graduation rates, high chronic absenteeism, and significantly below-average test scores compared to the Ohio average.
Over the past five years, Cascade Career Prep High School has had extremely low four-year graduation rates, ranging from 20% to 63.9%, significantly lower than the state average. The school has also struggled with extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 91.4% to 99.9%, more than double the state average. Academically, the school's proficiency rates are far below the state averages, with only 14.3% in American Government, 9.1% in Biology, and 16.7% in English II, compared to the state averages of 69.1%, 62.9%, and 61.4%, respectively.
Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Ellet Community Learning Center, East Community Learning Center, and Cuyahoga Falls High School, generally perform significantly better than Cascade Career Prep High School across various metrics, suggesting that the challenges faced by this school are not necessarily shared by all schools in the region. Despite the school's consistently poor performance over the past decade, there is no clear evidence of significant improvement or progress in any of the key metrics, indicating that addressing these issues will likely require a comprehensive intervention or restructuring.
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