Massillon Preschool

Families in Massillon, Ohio, are served by Massillon Preschool, a small elementary school. Students in pre-K attend the school, which enrolls 175 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Ohio average about 404 students.

Within Massillon City, Massillon Preschool is one of 7 schools. The district enrolls 4,077 students.

Massillon Preschool is 58% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 15% Black, 14% multiracial, and 13% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Stark County's population at about 85%. Massillon Preschool's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.

Massillon Preschool employs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 29.2:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio.

Massillon Preschool is located in Stark County, where the median household income is $67,934, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Massillon Preschool is one of 101 public schools in the county.

The nearest public school is Whittier Elementary School, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Federal records list enrollment at Massillon Preschool as 109 in 2020-21 and 175 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The ratio was 18.2:1 in 2020-21 and 29.2:1 in 2024-25.

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