. The preliminary rating is based on test scores from the 2025-26 school year.](https://i0.wp.com/signalakron.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/overall_APS-report-card.jpg?resize=1200%2C753&ssl=1)
Akron Public Schools is projected to receive three stars out of a total of five for its overall report card — down half a star from last year’s report card. The new rating is based on test scores from the 2025-26 school year. The decrease comes, in part, from a change in how the state calculates early literacy measures.
Author Archives: Carissa Woytach
Education Reporter
Carissa Woytach joins Signal Akron to cover education after working at The Chronicle-Telegram in Lorain County for nearly a decade. Prior to that, she worked in St. Joseph, Michigan. She aims to focus on the impact schools have on the students, staff, families and communities they serve. She wants to highlight the good of local districts, while bringing to light the issues within them. She holds bachelor's degrees in journalism and photography from Cleveland State University. When not working, she can be found keeping track of her three cats, Buddy, Honey and Denali and wasting film throughout Northeast Ohio.
