GlenOak High School

As an expansive high school in Canton, Ohio, GlenOak High School enrolls 2,086 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Plain Local. Enrollment runs roughly 269% bigger than the state mean of about 565.

Plain Local comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,874 students; GlenOak High School is among them.

Demographically, GlenOak High School records that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Black, 10% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Stark County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, GlenOak High School has 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GlenOak High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.8%; this one delivers 67.0%.

Around the school, Stark County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,934, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Stark County's 101 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,798 students), GlenOak High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oakwood Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GlenOak High School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 76.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 2,040 students in 2018 compared to 2,086 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 77% to 71%. Class-load math has widened: from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.

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