Utica Shale Academy of Ohio

Located at 50 E Main St in Salineville, Ohio, the Utica Shale Academy of Ohio is an active, public independent charter district serving students in grades 7 through 12. Situated in a distant rural setting within the greater Salem metropolitan area, this single-school district offers a specialized secondary educational environment tailored to local community needs. Operating as an independent charter agency for federal programs, the academy provides focused academic and career pathways designed to guide middle and high school students toward post-secondary success, maintaining open communication with local families through its community outreach and digital portal.

For the 2024–2025 school year, the academy fosters a tight-knit learning environment with a total enrollment of 136 students, showing particularly strong enrollment in the upper high school grades with over 80 students across the 11th and 12th grades combined. The student body consists of 94 male and 42 female students, drawing from a predominantly White demographic alongside multi-racial, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian peers. Supporting this student body is a dedicated team of 32 full-time equivalent staff members, evenly balanced between 16 full-time teachers and 16 full-time support personnel. This favorable staffing ratio of approximately eight students per teacher ensures that learners receive highly individualized instruction, robust academic intervention, and personal guidance within a supportive rural setting.