Robert A. Taft Elementary School

Robert A. Taft Elementary School, a medium-sized primary school in Canton, Ohio, one of the schools within Plain Local, educates 410 students, covering grades K through 4.

Across the 9 schools in Plain Local (5,874 students total), Robert A. Taft Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Robert A. Taft Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder breaks down as 19% Black, 16% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Robert A. Taft Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Stark County's rate of about 36%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Robert A. Taft Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.7%; Robert A. Taft Elementary School posts 81.2%, +17.5 points above that line.

In the broader community, Stark County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,934, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Stark County runs 101 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,798 students), of which Robert A. Taft Elementary School is one.

Avondale Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Robert A. Taft Elementary School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 81.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Robert A. Taft Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 399 (now 410). White enrollment moved from 65% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.