District Profile Narrative

Campbell City Schools
Main office: (330) 799-8777
Website: www.campbell.K12.oh.us
Superintendent: Matthew Bowen

Community

Campbell, Ohio is a small city with a proud industrial heritage and a clear, forward-looking vision. The community grew up around the Youngstown Iron, Sheet & Tube works beginning in 1902 and,  incorporated as East Youngstown in 1908 and renamed Campbell in 1926,  has long drawn strength from the craftsmanship and cultural diversity of its immigrant families. In recent years the city has deliberately pivoted from its steel-era economy toward redevelopment and new industry: former mill lands have been repurposed through regional initiatives such as the CASTLO industrial park, and leaders have pursued smart public–private investments to attract employers and training opportunities. Central to that resurgence is the Community Literacy, Workforce & Cultural Center (CLWCC), a multi-partner, multi-million-dollar facility that brings together adult education, workforce training, library services, health and wellness programs, and cultural events creating a single hub where schools, businesses, and community organizations coordinate to expand opportunity. 

Education sits at the center of Campbell’s comeback. Campbell City Schools, has deepened collaborations with regional employers to expand career-technical learning, wrap-around student supports, family resources, and pathways into local jobs and college programs. Those coordinated efforts strengthen a community of roughly 7,700–7,800 residents by aligning school programming with workforce needs and by making services more accessible to families; the result is steady, measurable growth in local training opportunities and civic pride as Campbell turns historic assets into contemporary advantage

School

Campbell City Schools is a proud, culturally diverse district that serves a small but vibrant community in Mahoning County. According to the district’s profile, the student body is majority Hispanic at about 38 percent, with African American students at 28 percent, White students at 26 percent, and Multiracial students at 8 percent. The district highlights this diversity as a strength in building culturally responsive programs and family partnerships. Campbell also serves many families with economic need, with roughly 98 percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. 

Within the district, the Northeast Ohio IMPACT Academy operates as a regional STEM focused pathway designed to prepare students for high demand careers. The Academy was founded to give students hands-on, problem-based learning in three initial tracks: Energy, Medical and Health, and Digital. It partners with local colleges, hospitals, the regional chamber, and employers to create pre-apprenticeships, internship opportunities, and dual credit pathways. These partnerships allow students to begin earning college credits and industry experience while still in high school, and the Academy’s design intentionally connects classroom projects to local workforce needs.

Academic practice across Campbell City Schools emphasizes evidence-based literacy and acceleration supports so students can graduate ready to excel in college and careers. The district has been implementing curriculum and professional learning aligned with the Science of Reading, and Ohio now requires structured, evidence-based literacy instruction. Campbell is investing in systematic phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, and language comprehension strategies proven by decades of research to improve reading outcomes. At the secondary level the district offers accelerated course sequences, block scheduling options, and partnerships that enable students to complete many graduation requirements early. This allows them to pursue tuition-free college credits and workplace internships during their junior and senior years, producing graduates with both college credit and real-world experience. These structural choices, including accelerated curriculum, industry and college partnerships, and Science of Reading aligned literacy, are intentionally combined to create a pathway of early opportunity and preparedness for postsecondary success.