The following Akron-Canton area high school graduating seniors were finalists for 2025 Star Student recognition, finishing in the Top 25 of all students nominated for the honor:
- Anant Adury, Revere High School
- Tapash Bhattarai, North High School
- Haddon Boone, (Akron) Ellet Community Learning Center
- Haylee Breyley, Wadsworth High School
- Olivia Brown, Waynedale High School
- Isabella Goldshmidt, (Kent) Theodore Roosevelt High School
- Alexa Guerrero-Manzo, Barberton High School
- Alexander Hedden, Highland High School
- Jenna Heslop, Alliance High School
- Megan Kalail, St. Vincent-St. Mary High School
- Jori Knight, Massillon Washington High School
- Sarah Lawrence, Copley High School
- Gwenivere Ledbetter, Our Lady of the Elms High School
- Daniel Li, (Kent) Roosevelt High School
- Saumya Mahajan, Revere High School
- Oliver May, James A. Garfield High School
- Aaron Miedel, Central Christian High School
- Quintin Moore, Barberton High School
- Madelyn Morckel, Minerva High School
- Declan Norton, Walsh Jesuit High School
- Jiya Patel, Twinsburg High School
- Gabriela Skomra, Hudson High School
