McGregor Intermediate School

McGregor Intermediate School is a grades 4–6 school serving 206 students at 2339 17th St SW in Canton, Ohio, part of the Canton City School District — a district ranked 640 out of 773 in Ohio (17th percentile, 1 star), placing the school in a low-performing district context. It is one of the smaller intermediate schools in the comparison group, and free/reduced-lunch data for the school were not available.

Academically, 2025-26 Ohio State Tests results are low in every tested grade and subject, ranging from 9.2% proficient in 6th grade ELA to 27.1% in 5th grade ELA. Every result falls below the district average and far below the state average; 6th grade ELA is less than one-third of the district rate and roughly one-sixth of the state rate. Math is weak across the board, with grades 4, 5, and 6 between 16.9% and 21.4%. Against same-district peers, results are mixed: McGregor tops Youtz Intermediate in math at all three grades but trails it in every ELA grade and in science, and trails STEAMM Academy in all ELA grades. Nearby out-of-district schools post much higher numbers — Pfeiffer Intermediate at 76.2% in 5th grade math and 78.8% in 5th grade ELA, and Glenwood Intermediate at 78.6% in 6th grade math.

There are real bright spots. Chronic absenteeism is 24.8%, better than the district's 35.3% and lower than all same-district comparison schools, though higher than North Canton Middle School (13.9%) and East Canton Middle School (20.2%). The student-teacher ratio of 13.2 is lower than most nearby schools, and 2018-19 per-pupil spending of $12,276 is the highest among the listed nearby schools — yet proficiency remains among the lowest, suggesting that resources alone are not driving outcomes. Because enrollment is small, year-to-year scores can swing widely, so it is worth tracking multi-year trends rather than a single year.