North Canton Primary School

Set in North Canton, Ohio, North Canton Primary School is a roomy K-5 school, overseen by North Canton City. It enrolls 987 students across grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 144% bigger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

North Canton City runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 4,334 students. North Canton Primary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, North Canton Primary School shows that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 11% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Stark County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting North Canton Primary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 29% of students at North Canton Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, Stark County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,934 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Stark County's 101 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,798 students), North Canton Primary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is North Canton Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 153%: 390 students in 2018 compared to 987 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

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