Canton South Middle School

Canton South Middle School is one of the cozy middle schools in Canton, Ohio, part of Canton Local, with 378 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 482 students each, so Canton South Middle School sits 22% leaner than that benchmark.

Canton Local comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,899 students; Canton South Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Canton South Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 11% Black, 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Across the wider county, Stark County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,934 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Stark County runs 101 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,798 students), of which Canton South Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Canton South High School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 33%: 564 students in 2018 compared to 378 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 84% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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