Whipple Heights Elementary School

Whipple Heights Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in Canton, Ohio, overseen by Perry Local. Current enrollment sits at 382 students spanning grades K through 4.

Perry Local runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,638 students. Whipple Heights Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Whipple Heights Elementary School reports that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Stark County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Whipple Heights Elementary School logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Whipple Heights Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Stark County (around 36%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Stark County) logs that median household income runs about $67,934, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Whipple Heights Elementary School is one of 101 public schools in Stark County (combined enrollment of about 53,798 students).

The closest other public school is Harter Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 6 years. Over the past 6-year window, the student count ticked down 9%: 420 students in 2018 compared to 382 in 2024. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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