Canton College Preparatory School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 93% larger than its 8th grade class (29).
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.6% | 36.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 27.4% |
| 2022-23 | 31.2% | 16.4% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 18.9% |
Where Canton College Preparatory School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,253 of 1,569 ▲ 57 | #37 of 44 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #1,379 of 1,569 no change | #42 of 44 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.6pp | #243 of 1,514 | #10 of 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #820 of 1,808 | #25 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #771 of 1,582 | #19 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #432 of 1,590 | #13 of 47 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 402 | 23 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 20 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 380 | 16 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 290 | 15 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 189 | 9 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 231 | 11 | 21.0:1 | 42% (98) |
Since 2017-18: students up 113% (189 to 402); teachers up 156% (9 to 23).
About Canton College Preparatory School
Canton College Preparatory School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Canton, Ohio. A total of 402 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 8.
In federal data, the district for Canton College Preparatory School is the school itself.
At Canton College Preparatory School, Black students make up 62% of the student body. It is also 14% multiracial, 12% White, and 11% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Stark County is roughly 7% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.5:1, with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1.
County data help place the school in context: in Stark County, the median household income is $67,934, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. In all, Stark County has 101 public schools and roughly 53,798 students.
The closest public school to Canton College Preparatory School is Choices Alternative School, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Canton College Preparatory School is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Canton College Preparatory School's enrollment climbed from 290 in 2020-21 to 402 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 19.3 in 2020-21 to 17.5 in 2024-25.
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