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What's one thing Glenwood Intermediate School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
817
Middle
DISTRICT 838 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAIN LOCAL·NCES 390499303767
Glenwood Intermediate School
1015 44th St NW, Canton, OH 44709 · (330) 491-3780 · Stark County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL817 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
413 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 413 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 404 | 49% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Plain Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
72.9%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.3pp since 2021
Math
71.3%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.9% | 71.3% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.2% | 72.3% |
| 2021-22 | 73.3% | 72.8% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Glenwood Intermediate School
Glenwood Intermediate School's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood Intermediate School this school | 817 | 50.6% | 75.3% |
| Stanton Middle School Kent | 616 | 50.3% | 68.5% |
| Oakwood Middle School Canton | 858 | 43.5% | 71.7% |
| Northmont Middle School Clayton | 716 | 50.6% | 67.1% |
| Miamisburg Middle School Miamisburg | 1,105 | 52.3% | 60.3% |
| Kettering Middle School Kettering | 982 | 57.2% | 67.0% |
Matched among Ohio middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Glenwood Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #129 of 316 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #273 of 637 ▼ 23 | #9 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #191 of 637 ▼ 75 | #7 of 21 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #153 of 629 | #7 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 817 | #71 of 654 | #5 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #540 of 577 | #16 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.3% | #166 of 579 | #8 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.6% | #89 of 319 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #171 of 410 | #8 of 15 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
817
-120 (-13%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 22.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 817 | 37.2 | 22.0:1 | 51% (413) |
| 2023-24 | 825 | 37.5 | 22.0:1 | 49% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 860 | 38.7 | 22.2:1 | 41% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 937 | 42 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 944 | 42.5 | 22.2:1 | 50% (470) |
| 2015-16 | 886 | 42 | 21.1:1 | 48% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 712 | 37 | 19.2:1 | 53% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 643 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 35% (224) |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 34 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glenwood Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (944 to 817); teachers down 12% (42.5 to 37.2).
About Glenwood Intermediate School
Glenwood Intermediate School is a large middle-grades school in Canton, Ohio, administered by Plain Local. It enrolls 817 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 5 through 6. The school is 70% larger than the average for middle schools in Ohio.
Plain Local, which runs Glenwood Intermediate School, has 9 schools and 5,874 students.
The student body at Glenwood Intermediate School is 68% White. After that, the student body is 16% Black, 12% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Among all residents of Stark County, the White share is about 85%. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at Glenwood Intermediate School are from different groups.
There are 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Glenwood Intermediate School, giving a ratio of 22.0:1. The school's 22.0:1 compares with an average of 17.0:1 for middle schools in Ohio. By family income, 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Stark County averages 36%, lower than here.
Schools in Ohio with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 69.7%. Glenwood Intermediate School scores 75.3%.
Stark County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $67,934 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Glenwood Intermediate School shares Stark County with 100 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Frazer Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Glenwood Intermediate School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Glenwood Intermediate School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Glenwood Intermediate School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 120 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People who know Glenwood Intermediate School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Stark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
373,713
Census ACS
Median income
$67,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
101
53,798 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plain Local
- GlenOak High SchoolHigh · 2,086 students
- Oakwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 858 students
- Middlebranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Robert A. Taft Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Ransom H Barr Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
- Charles L Warstler Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
Other schools in Canton
- GlenOak High SchoolHigh · 2,086 students
- McKinley High SchoolHigh · 2,047 students
- Oakwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 858 students
- Canton South High SchoolHigh · 774 students
- Faircrest Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
- Crenshaw Middle SchoolMiddle · 744 students
Other Glenwood Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Glenwood Intermediate. Glenwood Intermediate School is the largest of the 2.
- Glenwood Intermediate SchoolChatham, IL · 672 students
Nearby schools
- Frazer Elementary School0.5 mi · 259
- Bulldog Virtual Academy1.3 mi · 224
- Portage Collaborative Montessori School1.3 mi · 187
- Robert A. Taft Elementary School1.4 mi · 410
- Summit Academy Secondary - Canton1.6 mi · 85
- Worley Elementary School1.7 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Glenwood Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Glenwood Intermediate School?
Glenwood Intermediate School enrolls approximately 817 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Glenwood Intermediate School serve?
Glenwood Intermediate School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many teachers does Glenwood Intermediate School have?
Glenwood Intermediate School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Glenwood Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Glenwood Intermediate School are roughly 68% White, 3% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Glenwood Intermediate School in?
Glenwood Intermediate School is part of Plain Local.
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