OH
Portage Lakes Career Center
5.95 incidents / 1,000 students
Uniontown, OH · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Portage Lakes Career Center
Across 2022–2024, Portage Lakes Career Center reported 1 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Aggravated Assault). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati.
- 5.95
- Incidents / 1k students
- 168
- Enrolled students
5.95 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Portage Lakes Career Center reports 5.95 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 150% above Nazarene Theological Seminary. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Nazarene Theological Seminary (11.90/1k); Academy of Careers and Technology (0.00/1k); Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati (0.00/1k); Providence Christian College (0.00/1k); Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel Aleksander (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati (0.00/1k); Ohio Business College-Dayton-Driving Academy (0.00/1k); Paul Mitchell the School-Toledo (0.00/1k); National Beauty College (0.00/1k); Scioto County Career Technical Center (0.00/1k); Paul Mitchell the School-Cleveland (0.00/1k); Tri-Rivers Career Center (0.00/1k); Northern Career Institute (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 5.95
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 364636 · Portage Lakes Career Center 5.95/1k score rate
RATE-HOT · RANK-UNK · ST-UNK · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-SMALL · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE
- RATE-HOT 5.95/1k
- RANK-UNK Nat rank n/a
- ST-UNK State rank n/a
- BELOW-PEER Nazarene Theological Seminary · 5.95 back
- ZERO-SMALL <500 enrolled
- TREND-UP ↑ trend
- CAT-LEAD Aggravated Assault
- ENR-SMALL 168
- FIRE-NONE No res filing
Nearest enrollment peer: Nazarene Theological Seminary (+5.95/1k)
Portage Lakes Career Center sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-UNK · ST-UNK · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-SMALL · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE · peer Nazarene Theological Seminary. Codes from this campus OPE filing: score-category rate, national/state rank, named enrollment peer, zero posture, Criminal Offenses trend, lead category, enrollment band, fire filing. Not a moving recommendation.
Clery plate RATE-HOT · RANK-UNK · ST-UNK · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-SMALL · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Nazarene Theological Seminary (+5.95/1k). Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Portage Lakes Career Center reports 5.95 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 150% above Nazarene Theological Seminary. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Nazarene Theological Seminary (11.90/1k); Academy of Careers and Technology (0.00/1k); Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati (0.00/1k); Providence Christian College (0.00/1k); Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel Aleksander (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati (0.00/1k); Ohio Business College-Dayton-Driving Academy (0.00/1k); Paul Mitchell the School-Toledo (0.00/1k); National Beauty College (0.00/1k); Scioto County Career Technical Center (0.00/1k); Paul Mitchell the School-Cleveland (0.00/1k); Tri-Rivers Career Center (0.00/1k); Northern Career Institute (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Aggravated Assault.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Portage Lakes Career
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Portage on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Academy of Careers and · lowest peer 0
Academy of Careers and Technology — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati · near 0
Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Portage Lakes Career Center · this campus
Portage Lakes Career Center — this campus
5.95 per 1,000 students
- Nazarene Theological Seminary · highest peer
Nazarene Theological Seminary — highest peer
11.9 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Portage Lakes Career Center's 5.95/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Portage Lakes Career Center increased from 0 to 1 reported on-campus incidents between the 2023 and 2024 reporting years in the U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey.
This is a change in reported incidents, not a measure of individual safety. Enrollment, reporting practice, and category coverage can affect the count.
See national reporting-year changesSignature insight · size does not equal danger
Campus size vs reported safety rate
Among 37 OH Less than 2-year peers in this comparison, Portage Lakes Career Center is larger than 72% and safer-reporting than 3% - the larger, higher-reporting quadrant. Axes are within-sample percentiles so outliers share the same frame; a higher safety percentile means a lower Clery incidents-per-1,000 rate.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Portage Lakes Career Center: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Joint Vocational School | 80 | 0.00 | 0 | 8 |
| Mahoning County Career and Technical Center | 80 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Dayton | 84 | 0.00 | 6 | 8 |
| Lorain County Joint Vocational School District | 87 | 0.00 | 8 | 8 |
| Canton City Schools Adult Career and Technical Education | 88 | 0.00 | 11 | 8 |
| Sandusky Career Center | 88 | 0.00 | 11 | 8 |
| Ohio Media School-Valley View | 88 | 0.00 | 11 | 8 |
| Hamrick School | 89 | 0.00 | 19 | 8 |
| Central School of Practical Nursing | 97 | 0.00 | 22 | 8 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Niles | 99 | 0.00 | 25 | 8 |
| Brown & Clermont Adult Career Campuses | 101 | 0.00 | 28 | 8 |
| Portage Lakes Career Center (this campus) | 168 | 5.95 | 72 | 3 |
Sample of 12 campuses from the plot (sorted by enrollment). Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey + IPEDS enrollment. Rate = on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students; lower is safer-reporting, not a personal-risk forecast.
What changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at Portage Lakes Career Center rose from 0 to 1. The increase shows up in Aggravated Assault (0 to 1).
This describes reported incidents, not crime. Clery counts move with reporting policy, awareness campaigns and how a campus staffs its security authorities, so a rise can reflect better capture of reports and a fall can reflect worse capture. One year of movement at a single campus is not a trend.
What actually gets reported at Portage Lakes Career Center
Across 3 reporting years, the only Clery Act category with a recorded on-campus incident here is Aggravated Assault.
The remaining 10 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Burglary, Fondling and Incest. Under the Clery Act that zero is an affirmative report that nothing in the category occurred, not an absence of data, which is why the table below lists those rows rather than dropping them.
Counts describe incidents reported under the Clery Act for the on-campus geography. Reporting practice varies between institutions, so counts are not a direct measure of relative safety.
Crime Statistics by Year
11 categories 3 reporting years on-campus onlyPortage Lakes Career Center: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggravated Assault | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statutory Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: US Dept of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey. Table figures show the Criminal Offenses section; other Clery tables are separate
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 2 | 6 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 1 | 6 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Portage Lakes Career Center vs peer institutions
Side-by-side safety scores for 3 peers of similar enrollment
Scores are $2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students (lower is fewer in those categories).
MO
Nazarene Theological Seminary
11.90 incidents / 1,000 students
WV
Academy of Careers and Technology
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Portage Lakes Career Center sits on price and outcomes
At $21,759, Portage Lakes Career Center's reported average net price is cheaper than 66% among 228 Ohio colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $17,989.
- $21,759
- average net price
- $17,989
- Ohio median
- 5.0×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $6,062
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $21,174 for families reporting under $30,000 against $27,236 above $110,000, a difference of $6,062. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $21,759 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Six-year median earnings of $42,500 run about 2.0 times the annual net price. The margin is real but narrow, so how many years of price a student actually pays matters a great deal here. 69% complete within six years, so roughly 31% leave without the credential - and those students still carry whatever they paid.
Average net price reflects grant and scholarship aid for aided students, not a personal offer. Earnings cover former students who received federal aid; neither measure predicts an individual's outcome.
Academic & Financial Profile
Outcomes
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $42,500
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $38,316
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 46%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,338 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Nazarene Theological Seminary
Kansas City, MO · 168 enrolled
Safety Score 11.90
Academy of Careers and Technology
Beckley, WV · 168 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH · 168 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Providence Christian College
Pasadena, CA · 168 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel Aleksander
Brooklyn, NY · 168 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Portage Lakes Career Center, both outside OH so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Arclabs
Piedmont, SC · 744 enrolled
Safety score 5.38
UEI College-Tacoma
Tacoma, WA · 689 enrolled
Safety score 4.35
Tulsa Welding School-Houston
Houston, TX · 1,962 enrolled
Safety score 3.57
Milan Institute-Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA · 582 enrolled
Safety score 3.44
National Holistic Institute
Emeryville, CA · 1,258 enrolled
Safety score 3.18
UEI College-Garden Grove
Garden Grove, CA · 1,073 enrolled
Safety score 2.80
UEI College-Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA · 1,079 enrolled
Safety score 2.78
UEI College-Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ · 1,234 enrolled
Safety score 2.43
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Portage Lakes Career Center safe?
Portage Lakes Career Center has a safety score of 5.95 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students). With 168 enrolled students it sits under the 500-student ranking cutoff; a size peer on file is Nazarene Theological Seminary. Same-state same-level set: Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati (0.00/1k); Ohio Business College-Dayton-Driving Academy (0.00/1k); Paul Mitchell the School-Toledo (0.00/1k); National Beauty College (0.00/1k); Scioto County Career Technical Center (0.00/1k); Paul Mitchell the School-Cleveland (0.00/1k); Tri-Rivers Career Center (0.00/1k); Northern Career Institute (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Portage Lakes Career Center?
For calendar year 2024, Portage Lakes Career Center reported Aggravated Assault (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Portage Lakes Career Center compare to similar schools?
Portage Lakes Career Center reports 150% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Nazarene Theological Seminary. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Nazarene Theological Seminary (11.90/1k); Academy of Careers and Technology (0.00/1k); Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati (0.00/1k); Providence Christian College (0.00/1k); Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel Aleksander (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati (0.00/1k); Ohio Business College-Dayton-Driving Academy (0.00/1k); Paul Mitchell the School-Toledo (0.00/1k); National Beauty College (0.00/1k); Scioto County Career Technical Center (0.00/1k); Paul Mitchell the School-Cleveland (0.00/1k); Tri-Rivers Career Center (0.00/1k); Northern Career Institute (0.00/1k).
Does Portage Lakes Career Center have fire safety data?
Portage Lakes Career Center has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.
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