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Beacon Academy

Q: Is Beacon Academy a good school?

Beacon Academy ranks in the bottom 3.1% of Ohio elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Beacon Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 200 students attended Beacon Academy.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Beacon Academy?

Students at Beacon Academy are 47% African American, 29% White, 17% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

1511^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,560 Ohio Elementary Schools

Better than 3% of Ohio elementary schools

Summary

Beacon Academy is a K–8 school in Canton, Ohio, serving about 200 students at 1379 Garfield Ave SW as its own district, and it currently ranks near the bottom of Ohio's statewide list — 1511 of 1560 schools (3rd percentile, 0 stars) in 2025–2026, and 752 of 773 districts.

Test results are the clearest concern. In 2025–2026, every reported subject and grade came in below the state average: science 5th grade at 11.1% and 8th grade at 12.5%, math between 10% and 18.8%, and ELA between 12.5% and 31.3%. Across those 14 tests, Beacon averaged roughly 16% proficiency versus about 60% statewide. That places it below nearby schools such as Faircrest Memorial Elementary School (70th percentile, 4 stars) and Canton Arts Academy @ Summit (58th percentile, 3 stars). Among K–8 alternatives, Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learn-Canton and Canton College Preparatory School both ranked higher in 2025–2026 — though Beacon beat both in 2024–2025, when it reached the 30th percentile and 78.3% in 3rd grade ELA. That year now looks like an outlier that did not hold.

Chronic absenteeism is the other defining challenge: 52.1% of students were chronically absent in 2025–2026, roughly 2.5 times the average of nearby traditional schools such as Canton Arts Academy (9.9%) and Faircrest Memorial (14.1%), and close only to the other K–8 options. On the plus side, Beacon has the lowest student-teacher ratio in its peer group (11.4 in 2024–2025), although per-student spending was also among the lowest ($7,486 in 2018–2019, an older snapshot). Free/reduced lunch data were not available for comparison.

200

Students ?

11.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,086

Per pupil spending ?

89.5%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

93.8%

Kindergartners complete for all required vaccines (2025-26)

Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)

1379 Garfield Ave SW Ste A
Canton, OH 44706-5200

(330) 941-5852

District: Beacon Academy

Racial breakdown:

African American:

47.0%

White:

28.5%

Two or more races:

17.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2019 → 3rd in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (16% vs 60% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!Science scores 50 pts below the Ohio average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school16%

Ohio avg60%

Elementary school

1,511^th of 1,560

Ohio public elementary schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 1 pts since 2019

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★★★★★

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Middle school

946^th of 1,046

Ohio public middle schools ?

Bottom 10%▲ up 9 pts since 2019

From bottom 1% (2019) to bottom 10% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

752^nd of 773Beacon Academy among Ohio districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	4.3	1511 of 1560	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	32.6	1097 of 1558	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.9	1266 of 1577	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	3.7	1556 of 1596	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.7	1486 of 1588	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.0	1418 of 1610	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	4.3	1608 of 1676	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	7.7	624 of 631	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	62.4	179 of 615	70.9%	★★★★☆
2024	49.9	254 of 603	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	23.2	478 of 601	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.0	400 of 533	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.3	532 of 605	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.0	557 of 598	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2022	16.2	774 of 824	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	2.8	1424 of 1452	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	46.3	879 of 1452	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	20.9	1169 of 1466	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	1.2	1483 of 1483	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.7	1451 of 1488	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.3	1393 of 1467	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.1	1433 of 1502	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.8	1433 of 1518	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	4.1	1430 of 1467	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	38.2	983 of 1473	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.5	1171 of 1484	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	7.9	1356 of 1447	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.7	1333 of 1419	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.5	1268 of 1404	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.7	1396 of 1465	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.9	1382 of 1465	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	14.6	1251 of 1466	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.3	1246 of 1485	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	6.1	1407 of 1498	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.5	1414 of 1518	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.2	1198 of 1499	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.5	1421 of 1535	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.8	1408 of 1536	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2022	0.3	1240 of 1242	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	8.6	946 of 1046	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	14.9	855 of 1036	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.6	856 of 1046	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	3.9	1036 of 1048	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.1	934 of 1017	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.5	908 of 1037	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	2.3	1042 of 1050	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2024	55.4	150 of 429	65.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	7.4	868 of 947	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	27.1	702 of 938	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	824 of 942	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	3.6	904 of 925	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	7.9	916 of 996	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	22.3	773 of 983	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.2	812 of 989	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	3.2	971 of 974	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.9	872 of 947	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.8	787 of 923	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	2.1	942 of 945	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.9	900 of 924	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	18.1	757 of 954	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.2	816 of 946	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.7	767 of 924	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Male (2025)15th percentile-15 vs school

Disabled (2022)6th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)3rd percentile~ school

Female (2026)2nd percentile~ school

African American (2026)1st percentile~ school

White (2022)<1st percentile-6 vs school

Middle school

African American (2024)65th percentile+47 vs school

Male (2025)21st percentile+3 vs school

Female (2026)8th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)8th percentile~ school

By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts20%-42 vs state

Mathematics14%-43 vs state

Science12%-50 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Ohio State Tests Science (2026)		Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2026)						Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2026)						Vaccination (2025-26)		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	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 3rd 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 3rd 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	Vaccination: Kindergartners complete for all required vaccines	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Beacon Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1379 Garfield Ave SW Ste A	Canton	44706	Stark County	Beacon Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 941-5852	200	18	11.4	89.5%	57 (28.5%)	94 (47.0%)	15 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (17.0%)	4.3	1511^th of 1560 public elementary schools	3.1%		32.6	1097^th of 1558 public elementary schools	29.6%	414	11.1	12.5	10.5	16.7	11.1	17.6	10.0	18.8	30.0	12.5	16.7	17.6	13.3	31.3	93.8%	0%	$12,086
Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learn-Canton	Public, Charter	K-8	1620 Market Ave S	Canton	44707	Stark County	Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learn-Canton	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 458-0393	138	11	13.1	71.7%	72 (52.2%)	26 (18.8%)	4 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (25.4%)	15.3	1321^st of 1560 public elementary schools	15.3%		10.9	1389^th of 1558 public elementary schools	10.8%	68	37.5	20.0	17.6	29.4	43.8	22.2	0.0	13.3	23.5	35.3	56.3	22.2	25.0	20.0	64.3%	0%	$7,439
Cedar Elementary School	Public	K-3	2823 9th St SW	Canton	44710	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 580-3502	364	20	18.2	93.4%	170 (46.7%)	93 (25.5%)	29 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (19.8%)								(n/a)			60.0						54.3						87.3%	5.1%	$15,028
Canton College Preparatory School	Public, Charter	K-8	101 Cleveland Ave NW	Canton	44702	Stark County	Canton College Preparatory School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 455-0498	402	23	17.4	74.6%	48 (11.9%)	249 (61.9%)	45 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	58 (14.4%)	24	1209^th of 1560 public elementary schools	22.5%		25.1	1181^st of 1558 public elementary schools	24.2%	28	44.1	8.7	19.1	48.9	50.0	16.7	7.9	30.4	35.4	48.9	67.6	20.0	23.7	8.3	75.9%	0%	$11,096
Stephanie Rushin Patrick Elementary School	Public	K-6	1326 Sherrick Rd SE	Canton	44707	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 453-2782	418	24	17.4	91.4%	103 (24.6%)	212 (50.7%)	34 (8.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (16.0%)	8.3	1439^th of 1560 public elementary schools	7.8%		9	1426^th of 1558 public elementary schools	8.5%	13	14.0		13.0	33.3	18.6	24.0			31.5	22.2	41.9	24.0			80.3%	4.2%	$14,261
Canton Arts Academy @ Summit	Public	K-6	1100 10th St NW	Canton	44703	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 452-6537	268	18	14.8	59.3%	127 (47.4%)	75 (28.0%)	18 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (17.5%)	63.7	661^st of 1560 public elementary schools	57.6%		66.5	596^th of 1558 public elementary schools	61.7%	65	70.0		70.4	69.5	40.0	70.2			85.2	67.8	76.7	51.1			100%	0%	$18,929
Harter Elementary School	Public	K-3	317 Raff Rd NW	Canton	44708	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 456-1001	414	24	17.2	73.7%	157 (37.9%)	121 (29.2%)	54 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (1.0%)	75 (18.1%)								(n/a)			30.9						32.1						93.5%	3.7%	$14,045
Gibbs Elementary School	Public	K-3	1320 Gibbs Ave NE	Canton	44705	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 456-1521	354	20	17.7	70.3%	85 (24.0%)	123 (34.7%)	86 (24.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (16.7%)								(n/a)			10.3						25.9						84.5%	3.1%	$12,285
AIM Academy @ Belden	Public	K-6	2115 Georgetown Rd NE	Canton	44704	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 456-3167	267	17	15.7	89.5%	87 (32.6%)	99 (37.1%)	21 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (22.1%)	24.3	1204^th of 1560 public elementary schools	22.8%		19.8	1265^th of 1558 public elementary schools	18.8%	61	43.6		27.8	25.8	15.4	46.2			52.8	38.7	56.4	48.7			84.2%	10.5%	$17,747
Worley Elementary School	Public	K-6	1340 23rd St NW	Canton	44709	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 452-5748	325	20	16.2	69.2%	122 (37.5%)	120 (36.9%)	37 (11.4%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (13.2%)	37.6	1055^th of 1560 public elementary schools	32.4%		37.8	1036^th of 1558 public elementary schools	33.5%	19	62.8		37.0	56.8	58.1	34.0			53.7	48.9	60.5	44.7			87.8%	8.2%	$15,097

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Beacon Academy ranks in the bottom 3.1% of Ohio elementary schools.

How many students attend Beacon Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 200 students attended Beacon Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Beacon Academy?

Students at Beacon Academy are 47% African American, 29% White, 17% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic.

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