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Best Middle Schools in Stark County, OH

Coming soon: We're expecting this year's test scores from the Ohio Department of Education any day now — new rankings will be posted the moment they're released!

Coming soon: This year's test scores are expected from the Ohio Department of Education any day now — new rankings will follow the moment they're released!

At a glance

Schools

12,637

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedTuslaw Middle School91^st of 1,036 Ohio middle schools

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Biggest riser

Fairless Middle School up 148 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

STEAMM Academy 11.7 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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6 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Ohio State Tests Science (2025)		Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2025)					Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2025)					Ohio State Tests Biology (2025)	Ohio State Tests Geometry (2025)	Ohio State Tests Algebra I (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2016)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Biology End of Course	Ohio State Tests Geometry End of Course	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Alliance Middle School	Public	6-8	3205 S Union Ave	Alliance	44601	Stark County	Alliance City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 829-2254	584	33	17.6	84.5%	393 (67.3%)	57 (9.8%)	26 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	105 (18.0%)	32.9	709^th of 1036 public middle schools	31.6%		37	678^th of 1046 public middle schools	35.2%	31		50.3			34.3	27.8	36.1			38.0	47.3	42.2			93.8	$12,664
Clarendon Intermediate School	Public	4-6	412 Clarendon Ave NW	Canton	44708	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 453-7681	258	17	15.6	100.0%	79 (30.6%)	90 (34.9%)	46 (17.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	40 (15.5%)								(n/a)	19.0		30.4	7.5	19.3			27.9	27.5	24.7						$14,758
Crenshaw Middle School	Public	7-8	2525 19th St NE	Canton	44705	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 454-7717	744	32	23.2	100.0%	260 (34.9%)	243 (32.7%)	99 (13.3%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	135 (18.1%)	21	803^rd of 1036 public middle schools	22.5%		19.6	811^th of 1046 public middle schools	22.5%	8		36.9				27.6	29.3				38.7	24.3			94.7	$11,757
STEAMM Academy	Public	4-8	1824 3rd St SE	Canton	44707	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 453-6012	481	41	11.7	100.0%	156 (32.4%)	208 (43.2%)	30 (6.2%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (16.4%)	25.3	769^th of 1036 public middle schools	25.8%		19.4	816^th of 1046 public middle schools	22.0%	47	40.6	23.0	17.4	31.3	39.0	23.1	30.2	21.7	50.0	52.5	34.7	22.2				$18,365
McGregor Intermediate School	Public	4-6	2339 17th St SW	Canton	44706	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 452-7069	206	16	13.2	100.0%	82 (39.8%)	68 (33.0%)	21 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (17.0%)								(n/a)	25.0		40.3	28.3	32.8			41.8	30.0	29.5						$18,248
Youtz Intermediate School	Public	4-6	1901 Midway Ave NE	Canton	44705	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 452-7601	273	18	15.1	98.9%	89 (32.6%)	87 (31.9%)	40 (14.7%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.1%)	51 (18.7%)								(n/a)	13.3		18.3	21.1	5.5			20.0	33.3	18.7						$15,275
Massillon Junior High School	Public	7-8	250 29th St NW	Massillon	44647	Stark County	Massillon City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 830-3902	607	37	16.5	99.5%	374 (61.6%)	84 (13.8%)	55 (9.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	88 (14.5%)	35.1	690^th of 1036 public middle schools	33.4%		40.4	658^th of 1046 public middle schools	37.1%	32		49.8				38.2	29.9				50.9	41.0		76.5	95.0	$19,762
Massillon Intermediate School	Public	4-6	250 29th St NW	Massillon	44647	Stark County	Massillon City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 830-3902	900	48	18.8	0.0%	547 (60.8%)	134 (14.9%)	76 (8.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	139 (15.4%)								(n/a)	52.4		52.1	45.3	41.4			40.4	56.3	47.9						$2,288
North Canton Middle School	Public	6-8	605 Fair Oaks Ave SW	North Canton	44720	Stark County	North Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 497-5635	957	61	15.7	24.1%	808 (84.4%)	32 (3.3%)	30 (3.1%)	13 (1.4%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	71 (7.4%)	86.1	96^th of 1036 public middle schools	90.7%		85.6	115^th of 1046 public middle schools	89.0%	19		86.6			71.4	70.7	83.1			74.8	80.7	77.8		100.0	99.1	$12,070
Canton South Middle School	Public	5-9	4404 Cleveland Ave S	Canton	44707	Stark County	Canton Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 484-8015	378	30	12.6	67.1%	287 (75.9%)	40 (10.6%)	15 (4.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.0%)	62.4	427^th of 1036 public middle schools	58.8%		51.4	567^th of 1046 public middle schools	45.8%	140		69.3			59.2	52.4	48.0			59.0	65.5	55.5			100.0	$13,907
Fairless Middle School	Public	5-8	11836 Navarre Rd SW	Navarre	44662	Stark County	Fairless Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 767-4293	293	21	14.2	47.5%	275 (93.9%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	65.2	393^rd of 1036 public middle schools	62.1%		54.1	541^st of 1046 public middle schools	48.3%	148		65.9			71.3	59.8	50.5			62.1	67.6	48.2			83.3	$13,643
Jackson Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	7355 Mudbrook Rd NW	Massillon	44646	Stark County	Jackson Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 830-8034	1,313	67	19.6	13.2%	1,100 (83.8%)	44 (3.4%)	30 (2.3%)	57 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (6.2%)	86.3	93^rd of 1036 public middle schools	91.0%		85.4	121^st of 1046 public middle schools	88.4%	28		85.3			74.0	75.4	73.4			71.3	85.4	79.3	100.0	100.0	99.3	$10,827
Louisville Middle School	Public	6-8	1300 S Chapel St	Louisville	44641	Stark County	Louisville City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 875-5597	625	34	18.5	42.6%	591 (94.6%)	6 (1.0%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.4%)	80.1	182^nd of 1036 public middle schools	82.4%		77.1	225^th of 1046 public middle schools	78.5%	43		80.7			70.5	62.3	73.3			72.5	78.2	65.0			98.7	$10,293
Marlington Middle School	Public	6-9	10325 Moulin Ave NE	Alliance	44601	Stark County	Marlington Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 823-7566	416	27	15.6	41.3%	369 (88.7%)	9 (2.2%)	11 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (6.0%)	65.8	378^th of 1036 public middle schools	63.5%		62.1	439^th of 1046 public middle schools	58.0%	61		72.9			47.8	51.7	72.9			48.3	73.7	62.9			100.0	$11,446
Minerva Middle School	Public	6-8	600 E Line St	Minerva	44657	Stark County	Minerva Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 868-4497	461	21	22.3	50.8%	435 (94.4%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	68.6	349^th of 1036 public middle schools	66.3%		67.3	377^th of 1046 public middle schools	64.0%	28		59.2			65.3	51.7	62.4			66.7	70.7	63.6			100.0	$9,454
Northwest Middle School	Public	6-8	8614 Erie Ave NW	Canal Fulton	44614	Stark County	Northwest Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 854-3303	405	28	14.4		377 (93.1%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.2%)	86.2	95^th of 1036 public middle schools	90.8%		89	71^st of 1046 public middle schools	93.2%	24		88.7			61.8	75.0	71.9			78.8	88.7	82.6			100.0	$11,733
East Canton Middle School	Public	6-8	310 Browning Ct N	East Canton	44730	Stark County	Osnaburg Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 488-0316	194	11	17.2	0.0%	188 (96.9%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	65.6	381^st of 1036 public middle schools	63.2%		62.5	436^th of 1046 public middle schools	58.3%	55		84.9			60.3	48.3	64.7			50.7	50.0	73.6			100.0	$11,472
Edison Middle School	Public	7-8	4201 13th St SW	Massillon	44646	Stark County	Perry Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 478-6167	585	35	16.8	42.1%	508 (86.8%)	23 (3.9%)	20 (3.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.5%)	85.1	116^th of 1036 public middle schools	88.8%		77.7	221^st of 1046 public middle schools	78.9%	105		86.0				69.7	84.8				78.1	73.2			100.0	$11,857
Pfeiffer Intermediate School	Public	5-6	4315 13th St SW	Massillon	44646	Stark County	Perry Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 478-6163	587	35	16.8	42.4%	488 (83.1%)	23 (3.9%)	30 (5.1%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.2%)								(n/a)	85.0			74.8	68.7				77.3	70.7						$11,898
Oakwood Middle School	Public	6-8	2300 Schneider St NE	Canton	44721	Stark County	Plain Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 491-3790	858	38	22.8	41.6%	598 (69.7%)	140 (16.3%)	22 (2.6%)	6 (0.7%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	87 (10.1%)	73.3	282^nd of 1036 public middle schools	72.8%		71.3	303^rd of 1046 public middle schools	71.0%	21		75.2				71.9	49.8				76.8	63.3		97.3	94.7	$9,594
Glenwood Intermediate School	Public	5-6	1015 44th St NW	Canton	44709	Stark County	Plain Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 491-3780	817	37	21.9	48.1%	558 (68.3%)	131 (16.0%)	21 (2.6%)	12 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (11.6%)								(n/a)	78.5			70.5	72.2				76.3	69.5						$9,690
Sandy Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	5130 State Route 183 NE	Magnolia	44643	Stark County	Sandy Valley Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 866-3339	263	17	15.4	0.0%	244 (92.8%)	2 (0.8%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.9%)	63.7	411^th of 1036 public middle schools	60.3%		65.3	398^th of 1046 public middle schools	62.0%	13		61.7			53.6	53.8	54.7			68.8	69.5	53.8			88.2	$15,164
Tuslaw Middle School	Public	5-8	1723 Manchester Ave NW	Massillon	44647	Stark County	Tuslaw Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 837-7807	432	18	24.0	32.1%	404 (93.5%)	5 (1.2%)	12 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.5%)	86.4	91^st of 1036 public middle schools	91.2%		85.3	123^rd of 1046 public middle schools	88.2%	32	93.2	88.1		89.3	81.2	80.6	69.0		81.6	72.3	82.5	73.4			100.0	$10,382

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