Faircrest Memorial Elementary School

Located at 616 Faircrest St SW, in Canton, Ohio, Faircrest Memorial Elementary School is an expansive elementary-level community that teaches 747 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Canton Local. That puts it 85% above the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Within Canton Local, which oversees 3 schools and 1,899 students, Faircrest Memorial Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Faircrest Memorial Elementary School records that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 9% multiracial, 6% Black, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Stark County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Faircrest Memorial Elementary School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Faircrest Memorial Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Stark County) records that median household income runs about $67,934, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Stark County runs 101 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,798 students), of which Faircrest Memorial Elementary School is one.

Canton South High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 14%: 657 students in 2018 compared to 747 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.