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What's one thing Oakwood Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
858
Middle
DISTRICT 838 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAIN LOCAL·NCES 390499303763
Oakwood Middle School
2300 Schneider St NE, Canton, OH 44721 · (330) 491-3790 · Stark County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL858 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
373 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 7 | 442 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 416 | 48% |
Student demographics
48%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
Oakwood Middle School→GlenOak High School
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
70.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.3pp since 2021
Math
78.4%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 78.4% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 79.1% |
| 2022-23 | 72.3% | 81.7% |
| 2021-22 | 66.8% | 79.6% |
% 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
71.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Oakwood Middle School
Oakwood Middle School's state test result (71.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakwood Middle School this school | 858 | 43.5% | 71.7% |
| Glenwood Intermediate School Canton | 817 | 50.6% | 75.3% |
| Morton Middle School Vandalia | 699 | 36.8% | 61.9% |
| Stanton Middle School Kent | 616 | 50.3% | 68.5% |
| Northmont Middle School Clayton | 716 | 50.6% | 67.1% |
| Shawnee Middle School Lima | 712 | 40.2% | 76.2% |
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 Oakwood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #167 of 316 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #151 of 637 ▼ 13 | #5 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #232 of 637 ▲ 77 | #9 of 21 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #389 of 629 | #14 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 858 | #57 of 654 | #4 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #551 of 577 | #18 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #173 of 579 | #9 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.5% | #140 of 319 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #317 of 410 | #14 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
858
-125 (-13%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 858 | 37.5 | 22.9:1 | 43% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 871 | 39 | 22.3:1 | 48% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 940 | 41.2 | 22.8:1 | 43% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 983 | 41 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 907 | 38 | 23.9:1 | 49% (444) |
| 2015-16 | 897 | 36 | 24.9:1 | 42% (373) |
| 2010-11 | 823 | 39 | 21.1:1 | 38% (314) |
| 2000-01 | 635 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 22% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 625 | 35 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakwood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (907 to 858); teachers down 1% (38 to 37.5).
About Oakwood Middle School
Oakwood Middle School is a public middle-grades school in Canton, Ohio. In all, 858 students attend the school in grades 7 through 8. That is 78% larger than the average of about 482 students for middle schools in Ohio.
The 9 schools of Plain Local, including Oakwood Middle School, enroll 5,874 students.
Federal enrollment data show Oakwood Middle School is 70% White. Enrollment also includes 16% Black, 10% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The school's White share is 15 points below the 85% share among Stark County residents. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at Oakwood Middle School are from different groups.
Staffing at Oakwood Middle School comes to 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 22.9:1. Middle schools in Ohio have an average ratio of 17.0:1. On the income side, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Oakwood Middle School scores 71.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 72.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Stark County show that the median household earns about $67,934 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Stark County, 101 public schools serve about 53,798 students.
Charles L Warstler Elementary School sits about 0.2 miles from Oakwood Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 75.3%, higher than Oakwood Middle School's 71.7%.
Federal data place Oakwood Middle School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 983 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 858 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 24.0:1 to 22.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- Glenwood Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 817 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
- Glenwood Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 817 students
- Canton South High SchoolHigh · 774 students
- Faircrest Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
- Crenshaw Middle SchoolMiddle · 744 students
Nearby schools
- Charles L Warstler Elementary School0.2 mi · 291
- GlenOak High School0.5 mi · 2,086
- Portage Collaborative Montessori School1.1 mi · 187
- Ransom H Barr Elementary School1.2 mi · 362
- Middlebranch Elementary School1.7 mi · 534
- Frazer Elementary School2.4 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Oakwood Middle SchoolHow many students attend Oakwood Middle School?
Oakwood Middle School enrolls approximately 858 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Oakwood Middle School serve?
Oakwood Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Oakwood Middle School?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at Oakwood Middle School.
How diverse is Oakwood Middle School?
Oakwood Middle School reports a student body of 70% White, 3% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Oakwood Middle School?
Oakwood Middle School is overseen by Plain Local in Stark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.