Editing Youngstown, Ohio (section)

===Primary and secondary===
The [[Youngstown City School District]] manages public education within the city and covers almost all of the city limits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39099_mahoning/DC20SD_C39099.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723173636/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39099_mahoning/DC20SD_C39099.pdf |archive-date=July 23, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Mahoning County, OH|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2025-01-12}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39099_mahoning/DC20SD_C39099_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref><ref name=TrumbullCoSDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39155_trumbull/DC20SD_C39155.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Trumbull County, OH|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2025-01-12}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39155_trumbull/DC20SD_C39155_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> Since 2015, the state government has overseen the district's operation due to district mismanagement.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/how-ohio-gov-john-kasich-took-over-the-schools-in-youngstown/2016/02/01/3944be56-bbc0-11e5-b682-4bb4dd403c7d_story.html |title=How Ohio Gov. John Kasich took over the schools in Youngstown |author=Layton, Lindsey |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 1, 2016 |access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref> The district's high school graduation rate has improved since the takeover, from 65% in 2015 to 88% in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Woefully low graduation rates in America must be reversed |url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/29/woefully-low-graduation-rates-in-america/ |publisher=Vindy.com |access-date=September 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/youngstown-schools-graduation-rate-improving/ |title=Youngstown Schools' graduation rate improving |date=September 15, 2020 |publisher=WKBN |access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref> YCSD currently operates six [[elementary schools]], three [[middle schools]], and three [[high schools]], as well as one alternative school and one [[technical school]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ycsd.org/ |title=Youngstown City School District home |publisher=Youngstown City School District |access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref> The district extensively built new schools throughout the late 2000s, and sold many of its older buildings to local private schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vindyarchives.com/news/2009/aug/06/building-of-schools-nears-completion-in-youngstown/ |title=Building of schools nears completion in Youngstown |author=Gwin, Harold |publisher=The Vindicator |date=August 6, 2009 |access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref>

At one time, the school district had eight dedicated public high schools (including now-defunct [[North High School (Youngstown, Ohio)|North]], [[Rayen High School|Rayen]], [[South High School (Youngstown, Ohio)|South]], and [[Woodrow Wilson High School (Youngstown, Ohio)|Wilson]]), but mergers since the 1990s have resulted in four secondary schools: [[Chaney High School]], Choffin Career and Technical Center, [[East High School (Youngstown, Ohio)|East High School]], and Youngstown Rayen Early College.<ref name="vindy-yo-03-14-07">{{cite news |first=Harold |last=Gwin |title=Students and parents to receive introduction to new East High |work=The Vindicator |date=March 14, 2007 |access-date=March 14, 2007 |url=http://www4.vindy.com/content/local_regional/345208048549980.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905181843/http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/345208048549980.php |archive-date=September 5, 2007 }}</ref> The [[early college]] program, in cooperation with Youngstown State University, enables middle and high school students to attend classes both on campus and at YCSD schools and earn college credit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youngstown.k12.oh.us/schoolsites/yec/ |title=Youngstown Early College |publisher=Youngstown State University |access-date=March 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117025518/http://www.youngstown.k12.oh.us/schoolsites/yec/ |archive-date=January 17, 2013 }}</ref>

The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown|Diocese of Youngstown]] once oversaw more than 20 schools within the city. As a result of dwindling enrollment, only four [[Catholic school]]s now operate within Youngstown proper.<ref name="gwin">{{cite news |first=Harold |last=Gwin |title=Final bell tolls for two schools |work=The Vindicator |date=June 7, 2006 |access-date=February 14, 2007 |url=http://www4.vindy.com/content/local_regional/286898604790908.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031205200/http://www4.vindy.com/content/local_regional/286898604790908.php |archive-date=October 31, 2014 }}</ref> These include two primary schools—St. Christine's School and [http://stjosephtheproviderschool.com/ St. Joseph the Provider School]—and two secondary schools, [[Cardinal Mooney High School (Ohio)|Cardinal Mooney High School]] and [[Ursuline High School (Youngstown, Ohio)|Ursuline High School]]. Several additional Catholic schools operate in the region which accept Youngstown students.

Youngstown hosts a small number of private schools. These include Valley Christian School, a [[Christian school|nondenominational]] K-12 school; Akiva Academy, a progressive K–8 school in the Jewish Community Center; and the [[Montessori]] School of the Mahoning Valley, which offers alternative learning environments for students ranging from preschool to eighth grade.<ref>[http://www.montessori-youngstown.com/about.htm About our school.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818124302/http://www.montessori-youngstown.com/about.htm |date=August 18, 2007 }}  The Montessori School of the Mahoning Valley. Retrieved November 1, 2011.</ref> There are also various smaller, K-8 charter academies in the city, such as the Stambaugh Charter Academy and South Side Academy.