Schools · Canton
Canton, OH schools
Canton’s public schools score well below Ohio’s averages: 26% of students are proficient in reading against 57.2% statewide, and 74% of high schoolers graduate on time against 85.3%. Kids attend one of 10 schools through grade 6, then Crenshaw Middle School or STEAMM Academy or McGregor Intermediate School and McKinley High School or Choices Alternative School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Canton’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Canton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 64% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresDGraduation
Ohio school districts we grade (897)Better than 36%
Lower resultsHigher results
Ohio towns with similar household incomes (415)Better than 14%
High confidence. Built on 7,100 tested students and a graduating class of 561; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Ohio’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Ohio only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Ohio with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Canton kids go to school
Grades 7–9
DCrenshaw Middle School or DSTEAMM Academy or McGregor Intermediate School
Depends on your address Canton City School DistrictGrades 10–12
C-McKinley High School or D-Choices Alternative School
Depends on your address Canton City School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Canton City)26%
State average 57.2%
Reading (Plain Local)69%
State average 57.2%
Math (grades PK–12, Canton City)17%
State average 49.7%
Math (Plain Local)61%
State average 49.7%
Graduation · class of 2020
74% graduate on time
Graduation rate
74%
OH: 85.3%
Graduating class
561
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #878 of 895 OH towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Canton
Canton City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 17 schools · 7,478 students
$20,727 per studentOH $16,610C-Plain Local School DistrictGrades K–12 · 9 schools · 5,874 students
$13,074 per studentOH $16,610B+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 32 schools in Canton
Showing 1–30 of 32 schools
Stephanie Rushin Patrick Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 418 students
PublicHarter Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–3 · 414 students
PublicCanton College Preparatory SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 402 students
C-CharterCedar Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–3 · 364 students
DPublicRansom H Barr Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 362 students
APublicGibbs Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–3 · 354 students
C-PublicBelle Stone Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–3 · 328 students
PublicWorley Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 325 students
PublicCanton Arts Academy @ SummitElementary · Grades K–6 · 268 students
BPublicAIM Academy @ BeldenElementary · Grades K–6 · 267 students
C-PublicBeacon AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 200 students
DCharterEast Branch Preparatory AcademydbaWright Preparatory AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 187 students
D-CharterPortage Collaborative Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 187 students
APublicSummit Academy Community School for Alternative Learn-CantonElementary · Grades K–8 · 138 students
DCharterGlenwood Intermediate SchoolMiddle · Grades 5–6 · 817 students
B+PublicCrenshaw Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 744 students
DPublicYoutz Intermediate SchoolMiddle · Grades 4–6 · 273 students
C-PublicClarendon Intermediate SchoolMiddle · Grades 4–6 · 258 students
DPublicMcGregor Intermediate SchoolMiddle · Grades 4–7 · 206 students
PublicMcKinley High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,047 students
C-PublicChoices Alternative SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 238 students
D-PublicCanton Harbor High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 125 students
DCharterStark High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 104 students
DCharterSummit Academy Secondary - CantonHigh · Grades 9–12 · 85 students
DCharterSTEAMM AcademyOther · Grades 4–9 · 481 students
DPublicEarly Learning Center @ SchreiberPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 306 students
PublicCANTON MONTESSORI SCHOOL
PrivateHERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
PrivateOUR LADY OF PEACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PrivateST PETER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.