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Canton Harbor High School → Indian River (Irjcf) → Akron Career Tech High School → Cascade Career Prep High School → Stark High School → Mogadore High School → Summit Academy Secondary - Canton → Steel Academy →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Portage Lakes Career Center compares for families
What families should know about Portage Lakes Career Center.
- ▸ LocallyOH students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Canton Harbor High School, Indian River (Irjcf), Akron Career Tech High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
Ohio State University-Main Campus
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,339/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -11.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 130 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canton Harbor High School Canton |
Public · charter | 11.2 | 125 | +13.6% |
| Indian River (Irjcf) Massillon |
Public | 12.5 | 122 | +20.8% |
| Akron Career Tech High School Akron |
Public · charter | 8.4 | 93 | — |
| Cascade Career Prep High School Akron |
Public · charter | 11.0 | 102 | +14.6% |
| Stark High School Canton |
Public · charter | 11.6 | 104 | -9.6% |
| Mogadore High School Mogadore |
Public | 8.3 | 201 | -5.2% |
| Summit Academy Secondary - Canton Canton |
Public · charter | 9.5 | 85 | +54.5% |
| Steel Academy Akron |
Public · charter | 11.3 | 82 | -2.4% |