The top reported proficiency rate is 39% in English language arts. The lowest is 15% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Edge Learning
Edge Learning is a charter school in Akron serving students from kindergarten through fifth grade. The school draws almost entirely from the surrounding area, with an enrollment split roughly evenly across the grade band. Racially and ethnically, the enrollment is predominantly Black, with small numbers of students from other backgrounds.
The school's academic performance is notably low across all tested subjects. In the most recent state assessment cycle, proficiency rates fall substantially short of state benchmarks. In English language arts, fewer than half of tested students scored at proficient levels or above. In mathematics, proficiency is even lower. Science proficiency is particularly weak, with very few students meeting the standard. Among elementary schools serving similar grades in Summit County, Edge Learning ranks in the bottom quartile on overall proficiency across tested subjects.
Edge Learning's performance reflects the student population it serves. The school does not report rates of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility or special education identification through public data, so the full landscape of economic hardship or learning needs among the enrollment is not visible here. What is clear is that the students who take the state assessment are not yet reading and computing at grade-level expectations at rates the school or families would want to see.
A parent may want to look into what steps the school is taking to address these gaps. Recently, Edge Academy was publicly reported to have received state funding specifically to overhaul early literacy instruction using science-of-reading approaches, which is a concrete move to strengthen foundational reading skills. The school is also part of a larger network called Performance Academies, which now includes a middle school and high school option, changing the long-term enrollment proposition; families enrolling in kindergarten or early elementary can now stay within the network through graduation rather than facing a transition at the end of fifth grade.
The school is located downtown in Akron, in a city of mixed residential character shaped by its history as a rubber manufacturing hub and now anchored by healthcare, research, and growing tech employment. Housing values in the immediate area have risen modestly but remain below state benchmarks, reflecting Akron's slower housing market relative to Ohio as a whole. Walkability downtown is modest overall, though the city is investing in public realm improvements and alternative transit.
Staffing data and attendance rates were not available, and state testing data for social studies and science cover only limited grade levels, so a fuller operational picture of the school was not available from reported sources.
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