Glenwood Intermediate School

Glenwood Intermediate School is one of the large middle-grades schools in Canton, Ohio, run under Plain Local, with 817 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 482 students per school, that is 70% bigger than typical.

Plain Local runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,874 students. Glenwood Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Glenwood Intermediate School shows that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 16% Black, 12% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.0:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Stark County (around 36%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Glenwood Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.7%; this one delivers 75.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Stark County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,934 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Stark County runs 101 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,798 students), of which Glenwood Intermediate School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Frazer Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glenwood Intermediate School. On composite proficiency, Glenwood Intermediate School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 81.5%.

Glenwood Intermediate School operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Glenwood Intermediate School's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 944 (now 817).

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.