Enrollment
410
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAIN LOCAL·NCES 390499304329
Robert A. Taft Elementary School
3829 Guilford Ave NW, Canton, OH 44718 · (330) 491-3760 · Stark County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
273 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 | 97 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 49% larger than its 4th grade class (65).
Student demographics
61%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
Robert A. Taft 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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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
77.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +12.3pp since 2021
Math
80.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +8.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.3% | 80.7% |
| 2023-24 | 84.1% | 82.6% |
| 2022-23 | 70.8% | 78.8% |
| 2021-22 | 65.0% | 72.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 Robert A. Taft Elementary School
Robert A. Taft Elementary School's state test result (81.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert A. Taft Elementary School this school | 410 | 66.6% | 81.2% |
| West Boulevard Elementary School Youngstown | 417 | 64.5% | 87.3% |
| Delshire Elementary School Cincinnati | 384 | 64.6% | 56.3% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Eastlake | 432 | 60.9% | 60.6% |
| Holloway Elementary School Holland | 341 | 73.3% | 61.0% |
| Ransom H Barr Elementary School Canton | 362 | 60.2% | 74.9% |
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 Robert A. Taft Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #217 of 673 | #9 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #357 of 1,569 ▼ 89 | #16 of 44 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #352 of 1,569 ▼ 134 | #9 of 44 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.4pp | #252 of 1,514 | #11 of 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #795 of 1,808 | #24 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #1,066 of 1,582 | #30 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #364 of 1,590 | #12 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.6% | #83 of 767 | #1 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #472 of 561 | #20 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
410
+110 (+37%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 311
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 410 | 21.8 | 18.8:1 | 67% (273) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 20.7 | 19.3:1 | 70% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 18.7 | 20.3:1 | 63% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 300 | 15 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 17 | 23.5:1 | 82% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 16 | 24.5:1 | 73% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 18 | 20.3:1 | 60% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 295 | 17 | 17.4:1 | 39% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 311 | 13 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert A. Taft Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (399 to 410); teachers up 28% (17 to 21.8).
About Robert A. Taft Elementary School
Robert A. Taft Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Canton, Ohio. The school counts 410 students across kindergarten through 4.
Plain Local serves 5,874 students across 9 schools.
At 57%, White students outnumber all other groups at Robert A. Taft Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 19% Black, 16% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. County-wide, 85% of Stark County residents are White. By the diversity index, Robert A. Taft Elementary School comes in at 61%.
Dividing enrollment by its 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1, lower than at this school. Robert A. Taft Elementary School reports 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Stark County report 36%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 81.2%, is 17.5 points above the 63.7% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Ohio schools.
In the county around the school, Stark County, median household income is about $67,934, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 101 public schools operate in Stark County, serving about 53,798 students.
The next-closest public school is Avondale Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Robert A. Taft Elementary School at 3rd of 5.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 300 to 410. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 18.8:1, from 20.0:1.
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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
- 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
- Glenwood Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 817 students
- Canton South High SchoolHigh · 774 students
- Faircrest Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
Nearby schools
- Avondale Elementary School1.0 mi · 257
- Glenwood Intermediate School1.4 mi · 817
- Frazer Elementary School1.7 mi · 259
- McKinley High School1.7 mi · 2,047
- Worley Elementary School1.8 mi · 325
- Summit Academy Secondary - Canton1.8 mi · 85
Frequently asked questions
About Robert A. Taft Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Robert A. Taft Elementary School?
Robert A. Taft Elementary School enrolls approximately 410 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Robert A. Taft Elementary School serve?
Robert A. Taft Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Robert A. Taft Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Robert A. Taft Elementary School is approximately 18.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Robert A. Taft Elementary School?
At Robert A. Taft Elementary School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 7% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Robert A. Taft Elementary School in?
Robert A. Taft Elementary School is part of Plain Local.
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