Athletic teams were known as the Cardinals and the school competed as a member of the Akron City Series.

Upon moving to the new site, the school was renamed Garfield Community Learning Center.

Population in the village of Kenmore grew rapidly, which resulted in an addition the next year.

It was originally part of the Coventry Township District, but was annexed to the Akron Public Schools in 1929.

[4] In May 2021, it was announced that the new building at the Garfield site would be called Garfield Community Learning Center, which the school board hoped would allow the Kenmore name to stay on a building in the Kenmore neighborhood.