Firestone Community Learning Center

Summary:

Firestone Community Learning Center is a public high school in Akron, Ohio, serving 1,162 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Akron City School District, which is ranked 606 out of 839 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Firestone Community Learning Center has a diverse student population, with 51.12% African American, 33.48% White, 4.39% Hispanic, and smaller percentages of Asian, Native American, and multi-racial students. The school has maintained a relatively high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 94.4% to 97.6% over the past five years, which is higher than the state average and the graduation rates of some nearby schools like Towpath Trail High School. However, Firestone has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 14.9% in 2020-2021 to 62.1% in 2022-2023, which is much higher than the state average and the rates of nearby schools like Cuyahoga Falls High School.

Firestone Community Learning Center's test scores on the Ohio State Tests are generally lower than the state averages and the scores of nearby high-performing schools like Copley High School and Akron Early College High School. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, Firestone's proficiency rates ranged from 15.2% in Geometry to 62.6% in American Government, compared to the state averages of 39.8% and 69.1%, respectively. Despite these challenges, Firestone's diverse student population and relatively high graduation rates could be seen as strengths that the school can build upon.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 470 Castle Blvd
       Akron, OH  44313-6432


(330) 873-3315

District: Akron City

SchoolDigger Rank:
632nd of 864 Ohio High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,433 Help


Feeder schools for Firestone Community Learning Center:

Elementary:    Case Community Learning Center
    Judith A Resnik Community Learning Center
    King Community Learning Center
    Portage Path Community Learning Center
Middle:    Litchfield Community Learning Center

Student/teacher ratio:  13.2 Help
Number of students:  1,085

Racial breakdown:

African American:
53.4%
White:
30.3%
Two or more races:
9.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  43.3% Help


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Compare Details Firestone Community Learning Center ranks worse than 73.1% of high schools in Ohio. It also ranks 4th among 8 ranked high schools in the Akron City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.05. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Firestone Community Learning Center who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Firestone Community Learning Center has the largest high school student body size in the Akron City School District. Racial makeup is: African American (53.4%), White (30.3%), two or more races (9.6%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Firestone Community Learning Center is 13.2. 5 high schools in the Akron City School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Firestone Community Learning Center is $15,433. 5 high schools in the Akron City School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Firestone Community Learning Center:

SchoolDigger ranks Firestone Community Learning Center 632nd of 864 Ohio public high schools. (See Firestone Community Learning Center in the ranking list.)

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Akron City:

SchoolDigger ranks Akron City 606th of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Firestone Community Learning Center

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Rank History for all students at Firestone Community Learning Center

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 51.67 365th 681 46.4%
2005 67.20 238th 689 65.5%
2006 62.23 294th 696 57.8%
2007 64.82 293rd 756 61.2%
2008 64.32 298th 767 61.1%
2009 60.20 403rd 791 49.1%
2010 59.89 432nd 819 47.3%
2011 56.96 503rd 818 38.5%
2012 55.97 536th 832 35.6%
2013 55.75 469th 767 38.9%
2014 51.30 511th 769 33.6%
2015 47.53 516th 778 33.7%
2016 43.10 538th 784 31.4%
2017 49.08 412th 773 46.7%
2018 39.98 562nd 800 29.8%
2019 41.00 558th 836 33.3%
2021 33.47 576th 819 29.7%
2022 29.33 625th 836 25.2%
2023 26.13 644th 867 25.7%
2024 27.05 632nd 864 26.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Firestone Community Learning Center

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.75 127th 201 36.8%
2019 55.19 109th 208 47.6%
2021 38.89 141st 211 33.2%
2022 31.34 169th 222 23.9%
2023 45.27 143rd 239 40.2%
2024 27.64 187th 242 22.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Firestone Community Learning Center

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 27.68 464th 614 24.4%
2024 35.56 359th 598 40.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Firestone Community Learning Center

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.22 327th 758 56.9%
2019 57.71 351st 779 54.9%
2021 50.85 384th 763 49.7%
2022 43.31 486th 773 37.1%
2023 37.51 546th 805 32.2%
2024 35.98 579th 822 29.6%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Homeless students at Firestone Community Learning Center

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.15 16th 28 42.9%
2024 45.03 17th 30 43.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Firestone Community Learning Center

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.11 574th 751 23.6%
2019 44.55 539th 781 31.0%
2021 34.73 549th 775 29.2%
2022 29.22 610th 794 23.2%
2023 24.97 636th 813 21.8%
2024 29.62 606th 798 24.1%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Firestone Community Learning Center

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.77 421st 550 23.5%
2019 29.82 466th 628 25.8%
2021 14.73 545th 596 8.6%
2022 21.92 499th 606 17.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Firestone Community Learning Center

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.34 401st 538 25.5%
2019 51.07 165th 272 39.3%
2021 52.81 193rd 349 44.7%
2022 50.41 198th 312 36.5%
2023 45.75 231st 308 25.0%
2024 20.66 260th 280 7.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Firestone Community Learning Center

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.01 513th 763 32.8%
2019 35.17 586th 792 26.0%
2021 28.68 594th 778 23.7%
2022 23.67 639th 808 20.9%
2023 21.74 650th 819 20.6%
2024 18.40 660th 816 19.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Firestone Community Learning Center

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.95 162nd 279 41.9%
2019 42.27 177th 303 41.6%
2021 40.39 155th 284 45.4%
2022 30.51 203rd 306 33.7%
2023 25.86 227th 323 29.7%
2024 30.25 213th 318 33.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Firestone Community Learning Center

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.03 52nd 184 71.7%
2019 64.58 82nd 207 60.4%
2021 44.30 143rd 239 40.2%
2022 57.18 109th 260 58.1%
2023 62.17 101st 270 62.6%
2024 18.37 230th 273 15.8%
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Rank History for White students at Firestone Community Learning Center

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.54 168th 718 76.6%
2019 68.18 221st 739 70.1%
2021 68.26 196th 727 73.0%
2022 67.35 234th 749 68.8%
2023 55.85 361st 756 52.2%
2024 61.49 308th 754 59.2%
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Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Firestone Community Learning Center

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 875 396 15 5 0 n/a n/a 0 1291
1989 795 404 12 1 0 n/a n/a 0 1212
1990 705 405 16 0 2 n/a n/a 0 1128
1991 704 369 14 8 0 n/a n/a 0 1095
1992 727 382 16 5 0 n/a n/a -6 1124
1993 696 420 15 6 2 n/a n/a 0 1139
1994 646 521 16 7 2 n/a n/a 0 1192
1995 656 502 19 4 0 n/a n/a 0 1181
1996 656 502 19 4 0 n/a n/a 0 1181
1997 687 556 24 6 0 n/a n/a 0 1273
1998 756 571 17 8 0 n/a n/a 0 1352
1999 773 513 19 10 2 n/a n/a 0 1317
2000 783 475 24 10 0 n/a n/a 0 1292
2001 788 420 21 8 1 n/a n/a 0 1238
2002 732 449 26 6 2 n/a n/a 10 1225
2003 732 449 26 6 2 n/a n/a 10 1225
2004 704 466 18 8 2 n/a n/a 7 1205
2005 685 480 24 6 1 n/a n/a 9 1205
2006 673 508 30 5 1 n/a n/a 15 1232
2007 649 577 33 8 0 n/a n/a 17 1284
2008 625 622 22 8 1 n/a n/a 26 1304
2009 559 646 23 12 2 n/a n/a 32 1274
2010 537 661 22 13 2 n/a n/a 46 1281
2011 507 683 22 16 1 0 56 0 1285
2012 474 600 21 28 0 1 62 0 1186
2013 452 586 15 37 0 1 75 0 1166
2014 432 591 14 34 1 0 79 0 1151
2015 457 565 17 44 2 3 84 0 1172
2016 458 626 18 38 2 2 88 0 1232
2017 491 613 20 38 3 3 90 0 1258
2018 518 608 22 46 0 3 85 0 1282
2019 517 589 25 51 0 2 89 0 1273
2020 529 582 26 57 0 1 96 0 1291
2021 478 596 25 65 1 0 102 0 1267
2022 436 604 20 63 1 0 112 0 1236
2023 389 594 20 51 1 0 107 0 1162
2024 329 579 15 56 2 0 104 0 1085

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Firestone Community Learning Center

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1291 67.0 19.2 0
1989 1212 63.0 19.2 n/a
1990 1128 60.9 18.5 n/a
1991 1095 59.0 18.5 n/a
1992 1124 59.0 19.0 8.2
1993 1139 58.1 19.6 8.7
1994 1192 63.3 18.8 11.3
1995 1181 63.7 18.5 12.8
1996 1181 63.7 18.5 12.8
1997 1273 67.0 19.0 13.8
1998 1352 74.2 18.2 10.5
1999 1317 79.7 16.5 11.9
2000 1292 79.0 16.4 6.7
2001 1238 81.5 15.2 8.9
2002 1225 80.8 15.2 11.9
2003 1225 80.8 15.2 11.9
2004 1205 75.3 16.0 14.4
2005 1205 76.6 15.7 17.3
2006 1232 84.2 14.6 23.3
2007 1284 80.3 16.0 29
2008 1304 79.3 16.4 n/a
2009 1274 82.7 15.4 39.4
2010 1281 83.4 15.3 45.3
2011 1285 79.4 16.1 46.1
2012 1186 67.0 17.7 47.6
2013 1166 73.0 15.9 51.9
2014 1151 69.0 16.6 46.3
2015 1172 n/a n/a 45.5
2016 1232 72.0 17.1 43.3
2017 1258 74.0 17.0 n/a
2018 1282 72.6 17.6 n/a
2019 1273 76.6 16.6 n/a
2020 1291 76.0 16.9 n/a
2021 1267 79.0 16.0 n/a
2022 1236 82.0 15.0 n/a
2023 1162 87.0 13.3 n/a
2024 1085 82.0 13.2 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Firestone Community Learning Center

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1291 67.0 19.2 0
1989 1212 63.0 19.2 n/a
1990 1128 60.9 18.5 n/a
1991 1095 59.0 18.5 n/a
1992 1124 59.0 19.0 8.2
1993 1139 58.1 19.6 8.7
1994 1192 63.3 18.8 11.3
1995 1181 63.7 18.5 12.8
1996 1181 63.7 18.5 12.8
1997 1273 67.0 19.0 13.8
1998 1352 74.2 18.2 10.5
1999 1317 79.7 16.5 11.9
2000 1292 79.0 16.4 6.7
2001 1238 81.5 15.2 8.9
2002 1225 80.8 15.2 11.9
2003 1225 80.8 15.2 11.9
2004 1205 75.3 16.0 14.4
2005 1205 76.6 15.7 17.3
2006 1232 84.2 14.6 23.3
2007 1284 80.3 16.0 29
2008 1304 79.3 16.4 n/a
2009 1274 82.7 15.4 39.4
2010 1281 83.4 15.3 45.3
2011 1285 79.4 16.1 46.1
2012 1186 67.0 17.7 47.6
2013 1166 73.0 15.9 51.9
2014 1151 69.0 16.6 46.3
2015 1172 n/a n/a 45.5
2016 1232 72.0 17.1 43.3
2017 1258 74.0 17.0 n/a
2018 1282 72.6 17.6 n/a
2019 1273 76.6 16.6 n/a
2020 1291 76.0 16.9 n/a
2021 1267 79.0 16.0 n/a
2022 1236 82.0 15.0 n/a
2023 1162 87.0 13.3 n/a
2024 1085 82.0 13.2 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Firestone Community Learning Center

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $10,821
2022 $12,487
2023 $13,481
2024 $15,433

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Firestone Community Learning Center

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 558th of 836 High schoolsRanks 644th of 867 High schools
 7.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course American Government (Firestone Community Learning Center)78.460.2
 18.2%
   End of Course American Government (Akron City)65.547.5
 18%
   End of Course American Government (Ohio)77.772
 5.7%
End of Course American History (Firestone Community Learning Center)75.252.2
 23%
   End of Course American History (Akron City)60.548
 12.5%
   End of Course American History (Ohio)78.169.7
 8.4%
End of Course Biology (Firestone Community Learning Center)66.741.8
 24.9%
   End of Course Biology (Akron City)50.638.3
 12.3%
   End of Course Biology (Ohio)73.763.7
 10%
End of Course English II (Firestone Community Learning Center)59.252.9
 6.3%
   End of Course English II (Akron City)43.240
 3.2%
   End of Course English II (Ohio)66.260.8
 5.4%
End of Course Geometry (Firestone Community Learning Center)40.820.1
 20.7%
   End of Course Geometry (Akron City)2617.3
 8.7%
   End of Course Geometry (Ohio)50.141.8
 8.3%
End of Course Algebra I (Firestone Community Learning Center)31.829.3
 2.5%
   End of Course Algebra I (Akron City)33.523.5
 10%
   End of Course Algebra I (Ohio)61.153
 8.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students12731162
 8.7%
African American589594
 0.8%
American Indian01
Asian2520
 20%
Hispanic5151
Pacific Islander20
 100%
White517389
 24.8%
Two or More Races89107
 20.2%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 1,085 students attended Firestone Community Learning Center.

Students at Firestone Community Learning Center are 53% African American, 30% White, 10% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

Firestone Community Learning Center ranks 632nd of 864 Ohio high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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