Enrollment
257
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAIN LOCAL·NCES 390499303757
Avondale Elementary School
3933 Eaton Rd NW, Canton, OH 44708 · (330) 491-3720 · Stark County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
132 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 13% smaller than its 4th grade class (53).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Plain Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
72.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -8.0pp since 2021
Math
84.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.4% | 84.3% |
| 2023-24 | 86.2% | 89.7% |
| 2022-23 | 83.7% | 91.8% |
| 2021-22 | 80.4% | 83.2% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
83.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 69% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Ohio's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Avondale Elementary School
Avondale Elementary School's state test result (83.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale Elementary School this school | 257 | 51.4% | 83.2% |
| Frazer Elementary School Canton | 259 | 49.4% | 85.0% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Lakewood | 233 | 47.6% | 80.3% |
| Charles L Warstler Elementary School Canton | 291 | 55.3% | 62.8% |
| Orchard Park Elementary School Kettering | 294 | 49.0% | 84.7% |
| Walls Elementary School Kent | 355 | 51.5% | 68.9% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Avondale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #176 of 673 | #7 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #244 of 1,569 ▼ 162 | #11 of 44 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #522 of 1,569 ▼ 367 | #20 of 44 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.4pp | #239 of 1,514 | #8 of 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #1,431 of 1,808 | #45 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #1,254 of 1,582 | #36 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #556 of 1,590 | #19 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.4% | #239 of 767 | #5 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #818 of 992 | #17 of 21 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
257
-343 (-57%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 50.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 257 | 13 | 19.8:1 | 51% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 256 | 13.3 | 19.3:1 | 50% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 14 | 18.4:1 | 47% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 600 | 12 | 50.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 12 | 22.5:1 | 40% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 290 | 13 | 22.3:1 | 43% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 311 | 14 | 22.2:1 | 50% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 22 | 20.1:1 | 20% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 19 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Avondale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (270 to 257); teachers up 8% (12 to 13).
About Avondale Elementary School
Federal records list Avondale Elementary School as an elementary school in Canton, Ohio. Its enrollment is 257 students, spread over kindergarten through 4. That compares with an average of about 404 students for elementary schools in Ohio.
Avondale Elementary School belongs to Plain Local, a district of 9 schools and 5,874 students.
The largest group at Avondale Elementary School is White students, at 68%. Other groups include 18% multiracial and 11% Black. By comparison, Stark County residents are about 85% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Avondale Elementary School scores 49%.
Staffing at Avondale Elementary School comes to 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1. Avondale Elementary School counts 51% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 36% average among public schools in Stark County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Avondale Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Ohio schools. It scores 83.2%; the prediction is 69.4%.
The county, Stark County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $67,934, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 101 public schools and about 53,798 students.
About 1.0 miles separate Avondale Elementary School from the closest public school, Robert A. Taft Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data put enrollment at 600 in 2020-21 and 257 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. Students per teacher dropped from 50.0 in 2020-21 to 19.8 in 2024-25.
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Stark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
373,713
Census ACS
Median income
$67,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
101
53,798 students
Quick facts
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Other Avondale Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Avondale Elementary. Avondale Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Avondale Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 270 students
- Avondale Elementary SchoolAvondale Estates, GA · 521 students
- Avondale Elementary SchoolAMARILLO, TX · 475 students
- Avondale Elementary SchoolBirmingham, AL · 339 students
- Avondale ElementarySpring Valley, CA · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Robert A. Taft Elementary School1.0 mi · 410
- McKinley High School1.4 mi · 2,047
- Whipple Heights Elementary School1.7 mi · 382
- Worley Elementary School1.8 mi · 325
- Summit Academy Secondary - Canton1.9 mi · 85
- Harter Elementary School2.1 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Avondale Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Avondale Elementary School?
Avondale Elementary School enrolls approximately 257 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Avondale Elementary School serve?
Avondale Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Avondale Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Avondale Elementary School is approximately 19.8:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Avondale Elementary School?
At Avondale Elementary School, the student body is approximately 68% White, 2% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is Avondale Elementary School public or private?
Avondale Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Plain Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.