Polaris Career Center
About
Polaris Career Center is a public career-technical school in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. It works in conjunction with the 11th and 12th grade students from the Berea, Brooklyn, Fairview Park, North Olmsted, Olmsted Falls, and Strongsville school districts. Polaris Career Center offers an opportunity that combines career training, academics and employability skills. Students can enter the job market after graduation or continue their education at a two-year or four-year college. Polaris opened in 1975 and is situated on 47 acres. Polaris completed a $57 million renovation of its entire Middleburg Heights campus in 2019. Polaris serves approximately 825 high school students at its Middleburg Heights campus and over 3,000 high school and middle school students at its satellite locations, as well as nearly 4,500 adults in open enrollment classes and Job & Career Training Programs.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 23.7-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 10 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 10 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data10 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Council on Occupational Education
Council on Occupational Education
North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, Board of Trustees
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 4
- Jul 2025Removal of Monitoring StatusCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: WarningCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2024Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic QualityCouncil on Occupational Education
- Mar 2021Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Occupational Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 184 students received $840K in Pell grants, alongside $783K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 133 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (1.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Polaris Career Center
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Polaris Career Center vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Polaris Career Center selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectPolaris Career Center | 77% | — | 300 | $9,931 | — |
| — | — | 646 | $5,273 | — | |
| — | — | 41 | $9,303 | — | |
| — | — | 292 | $12,051 | — | |
| — | 82.1% | 596 | $27,137 | — | |
| — | — | 454 | $9,468 | — | |
| — | 100.0% | 131 | $26,966 | — | |
| — | — | 115 | $15,732 | — | |
| — | — | 398 | $22,773 | — | |
| — | — | 142 | $12,037 | — | |
| — | — | 87 | $11,578 | — | |
| — | — | 43 | $8,835 | — | |
| — | — | 46 | $10,717 | — | |
| — | — | 145 | $8,151 | — | |
| — | — | 175 | $16,765 | — | |
| — | — | 131 | $16,282 | — | |
| — | — | 298 | $24,731 | — | |
| — | — | 193 | $8,810 | — | |
| — | — | 146 | $29,232 | — | |
| Peer group median | 77% | 91.1% | 146 | $12,037 |
Institutions like Polaris Career Center
Explore the federal data for institutions in Polaris Career Center's comparison group.
- Ohio
Apollo Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment646Net price$5,273View data - Ohio
Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment41Net price$9,303View data - Ohio
Auburn Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment292Net price$12,051View data - Ohio
Butler Technology and Career Development Schools
Grad rate—Admit rate82.1%Enrollment596Net price$27,137View data - Ohio
Collins Career Technical Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment454Net price$9,468View data - Ohio
Cuyahoga Valley Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate100.0%Enrollment131Net price$26,966View data - Ohio
Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment115Net price$15,732View data - Ohio
EHOVE Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment398Net price$22,773View data - Ohio
Great Oaks Career Campuses
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment142Net price$12,037View data - Ohio
Lorain County Joint Vocational School District
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment87Net price$11,578View data - Ohio
Medina County Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment43Net price$8,835View data - Ohio
Miami Valley Career Technology Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment46Net price$10,717View data - Ohio
Pickaway Ross Joint Vocational School District
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment145Net price$8,151View data - Ohio
Scioto County Career Technical Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment175Net price$16,765View data - Ohio
Upper Valley Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment131Net price$16,282View data - Ohio
Warren County Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment298Net price$24,731View data - Ohio
Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical Training
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment193Net price$8,810View data - Ohio
Wayne County Schools Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment146Net price$29,232View data
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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