The Ida B. Wells Community Academy
Tables 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
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Table 1. Grade-by-Grade Enrollment
1992-1993 to October 1997
Akron Public Schools
Year
|
Student Enrollment
|
1994-95
|
33,197 |
1995-96
|
32,095
|
1996-97
|
31,992
|
October 97
|
32,331
|
Table 2. Student Enrollment by
Level
Level |
Number of Students
|
Elementary |
16,503
|
Middle |
6,351
|
Senior High |
8,687
|
Teenage Parents Center |
49
|
Saturn School |
10
|
Overage High School |
174
|
Miller South |
425
|
IPP Students |
132
|
Total |
32,331
|
Source: Just the Facts, Akron
Public Schools |
Table 3. Report Card Data for Fiscal
Year 1997
Akron Public Schools (IRN 043489)
Summit County
District Female Suspension Percentage
|
District Male
Suspension Percentage
|
District Black Suspension
Percentage
|
District White Suspension
Percentage
|
District Female
Suspension
Average
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
2.3
|
District Male
Suspension
Average
|
District Black
Suspension Average
|
District White Suspension Average
|
District Black Dropout Rate Average
|
District White
Dropout Rate
Average
|
2.3
|
2.4
|
2.2
|
28.7
|
24.4
|
District Attendance
Average
|
District Black
Attendance
Average
|
District White Attendance
Average
|
District
Disadvantaged
– Current Year
|
Average No.
Student:Teacher
– Current Year
|
90.3
|
89.4
|
90.8
|
35.2
|
21.2
|
District
Black Honors
Average
|
District
White Honors
Average
|
District
Disabled
Student Rate
|
District
Enrollment
– Current Year
|
District Median
Income
|
7.2
|
15.6
|
12.2
|
31,992
|
21,006
|
Source: The Ohio Department of Education
Web Site Report Cards at www.ode.ohio.gov.
All Data, unless other- wise noted, are based on 3-year averages. |
Table 4. 1996-1997 School Year Percentage
Students Suspended by High School
School
|
Percentage
of African American
Students
|
Percentage of
Suspensions to frican
American Students
|
Buchtel |
97
|
98
|
Central-Hower |
53
|
70
|
East |
37
|
44
|
Ellet |
22
|
30
|
Firestone |
44
|
72
|
Garfield |
39
|
51
|
Kenmore |
31
|
54
|
North |
35
|
47
|
Source: Equal Access to Education Association,
Akron Beacon Journal — www.ohio.com |
Table 5. Enrollment by Ethnicity
1994-95 to October 1997
Akron Public Schools
|
Year and Percent of Total Enrollment
|
Ethnicity
|
1994-1995
|
1995-1996
|
1996-1997
|
Oct. 1997
|
American Indian |
0.1%
|
0.0%
|
0.1%
|
0.1%
|
Asian |
2.1%
|
0.8%
|
2.0%
|
2.0%
|
African American |
43.9%
|
44.5%
|
45.9%
|
46.8%
|
White/Caucasian |
53.8%
|
53.0%
|
51.5%
|
50.5%
|
Hispanic/Latino |
0.5%
|
0.5%
|
0.5%
|
0.5%
|
Total |
33,197
|
32,095
|
31,992
|
33,331
|
It is interesting to note that the City of Akron's under-represented
population is 26% while the District's under-represented population is
49.5%. There is a concentration of under-represented students in one cluster
of schools on the west side of Akron. |
Source: Tables 1, 2 and 5 are from
A
Curriculum Management Audit of Akron Public Schools, Ohio. The audit
was conducted by the Internal Curriculum Management Audit Center, Phi Delta
Kappa, August 1998. |
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