Enrollment
362
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAIN LOCAL·NCES 390499303766
Ransom H Barr Elementary School
2000 47th St NE, Canton, OH 44705 · (330) 491-3730 · Stark County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
218 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (69).
Student demographics
50%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
Ransom H Barr Elementary School→Glenwood Intermediate School→Oakwood Middle School→GlenOak High School
Based on grade levels within Plain Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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START A DISCUSSIONTest scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -15.1pp since 2021
Math
77.2%
OH avg 56.1% . -5.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 15 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.4% | 77.2% |
| 2023-24 | 74.3% | 80.8% |
| 2022-23 | 77.3% | 80.7% |
| 2021-22 | 82.5% | 83.0% |
% 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
74.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Ransom H Barr Elementary School
Ransom H Barr Elementary School's state test result (74.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ransom H Barr Elementary School this school | 362 | 60.2% | 74.9% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Eastlake | 432 | 60.9% | 60.6% |
| Charles L Warstler Elementary School Canton | 291 | 55.3% | 62.8% |
| Longcoy Elementary School Kent | 280 | 59.6% | 71.2% |
| West Boulevard Elementary School Youngstown | 417 | 64.5% | 87.3% |
| Robert A. Taft Elementary School Canton | 410 | 66.6% | 81.2% |
Matched among Ohio elementary 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 Ransom H Barr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #362 of 673 | #15 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #458 of 1,569 ▼ 131 | #20 of 44 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #677 of 1,569 ▼ 136 | #27 of 44 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.5pp | #26 of 1,514 | #1 of 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #1,012 of 1,808 | #33 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,432 of 1,582 | #43 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #547 of 1,590 | #18 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.2% | #135 of 767 | #3 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #510 of 561 | #21 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
362
+74 (+26%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 362 | 16.7 | 21.6:1 | 60% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 17.7 | 19.7:1 | 60% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 17.7 | 20.8:1 | 56% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 15 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 18 | 19.8:1 | 64% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 15 | 23.7:1 | 68% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 311 | 14 | 22.2:1 | 48% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 44% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 458 | 20 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ransom H Barr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (356 to 362); teachers down 7% (18 to 16.7).
About Ransom H Barr Elementary School
The public elementary school Ransom H Barr Elementary School is located in Canton, Ohio. The school had 362 students in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25.
Ransom H Barr Elementary School is one school in Plain Local, a system of 9 schools with 5,874 students.
At Ransom H Barr Elementary School, White students make up 67% of the student body. The school is also 17% Black, 11% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. That is lower than the 85% White share among all Stark County residents. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Ransom H Barr Elementary School counts 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 21.6 students for each one. This ratio sits 3.7 above the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. About 60% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The average for public schools in Stark County is 36%.
In Ohio, Ransom H Barr Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 74.9% actual against a predicted 66.1%.
In the county around the school, Stark County, the median household income is $67,934, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 101 public schools in Stark County, enrolling about 53,798 students in all.
The nearest public school is Portage Collaborative Montessori School, at about 1.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ransom H Barr Elementary School comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Ransom H Barr Elementary School is City: Small.
Federal data show a 26% enrollment gain, from 288 in 2020-21 to 362 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.2:1 to 21.6:1.
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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
- Oakwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 858 students
- Glenwood Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 817 students
- Middlebranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Robert A. Taft Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 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
- Glenwood Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 817 students
- Canton South High SchoolHigh · 774 students
- Faircrest Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
Nearby schools
- Portage Collaborative Montessori School1.1 mi · 187
- Oakwood Middle School1.2 mi · 858
- Charles L Warstler Elementary School1.2 mi · 291
- GlenOak High School1.4 mi · 2,086
- Frazer Elementary School1.5 mi · 259
- Glenwood Intermediate School1.8 mi · 817
Frequently asked questions
About Ransom H Barr Elementary SchoolHow large is Ransom H Barr Elementary School?
Ransom H Barr Elementary School enrolls approximately 362 students in grades KG-04.
Is Ransom H Barr Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ransom H Barr Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Ransom H Barr Elementary School have?
Ransom H Barr Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Ransom H Barr Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ransom H Barr Elementary School are roughly 67% White, 4% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Ransom H Barr Elementary School in?
Ransom H Barr Elementary School is part of Plain Local.
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