Earned the highest curriculum score in Akron. This dimension evaluates structured learning, developmental programming, and how well daily activities prepare children for each stage.
Best Extracurriculars
Earned the highest extracurricular score in Akron. This dimension covers enrichment programs — languages, STEM, yoga, cooking, field trips, and other activities beyond the core curriculum.
Full Ranking Detail
childcare
Empowered Early Learning Academy is a Gold-rated Step Up To Quality center at 1115 South Main Street in Akron, serving children ages 3–5 across two locations in Akron and Canton. The center delivers a holistic, research-informed curriculum emphasizing the science of reading while fostering cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. Its STEAM approach—encompassing art, music, culture and language exploration, and project-based STEM including coding—is praised by parents as impeccable. Licensed educators and on-staff social/emotional support therapists create an environment where children bond quickly in a clean, bright facility. Limited enrollment spaces are available.
Safety5.0
Curriculum9.0
Art / Music5.0
Infant care5.0
Kindergarten readiness6.0
Teacher quality8.0
Compassion6.0
Management8.0
Culture6.0
Extracurriculars8.0
Programs & curriculum
Curriculum & approach: Holistic early childhood education nurturing the whole child (cognitive, social, emotional, physical development), emphasizing the science of reading and latest educational research.
Programs & activities: Art classes, music (singing, dancing, instruments), library program, culture and language exploration, STEM with project-based learning in science, technology, engineering, coding, and math.
What sets it apart: Gold award-winning preschool serving ages 3-5 with two locations in Akron and Canton, OH. Staff described as dedicated and credentialed educators with decades of combined experience; limited enrollment spaces available.
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