Summary:
North Canton City is a high-performing Ohio district with four schools — two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — serving about 4,334 students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The district itself ranks 64 of 773 Ohio districts, placing it in the 92nd percentile with 5 stars, so all four schools benefit from that same strong district context. North Canton City includes North Canton Intermediate School (grades 3–5), North Canton Primary School (PK–2), North Canton Middle School (6–8), and Hoover High School (9–12), the largest school with 1,502 students.
The clearest standouts are the intermediate school and the high school. North Canton Intermediate School ranks 151 of 1,560 (90th percentile, 5 stars), has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the district at 7.7%, and scores well above state averages in every tested subject, with margins of roughly +18 to +26 points. Notably, it has the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 33.56% and the lowest per-student spending at $8,992, yet still produces strong results. Hoover High School graduates 98.1% of students and scores well above state averages in all End-of-Course subjects, including American History at 93.0 versus 73.2 statewide. North Canton Middle School remains strong at the 85th percentile with 4 stars.
Two concerns stand out for parents. First, chronic absenteeism climbs sharply with grade level: 7.7% at the intermediate school, 9.1% at the primary school, 13.9% at the middle school, and 17.9% at the high school, which is 5.0 points above the district average. Second, Hoover's Algebra I (80.3) and Geometry (63.2) scores trail district averages of 86.9 and 65.1, largely because the middle school's advanced math results (Algebra I 99.1, Geometry 100) lift those district numbers. The middle school also saw grade 8 math fall 12.7 points year over year and its rank dip from 5 stars to 4. North Canton Primary School has no current state test scores, the highest per-student spending at $9,407, and the highest student/teacher ratio at 20.5.
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