Schools in Zip Code 44702

ZIP code 44702 contains two listed schools serving a combined 640 students: Canton College Preparatory School, an elementary school covering grades K–8 with 402 students, and Choices Alternative School, a high school covering grades 9–12 with 238 students. The area summary counts one elementary and one high school, and no middle or alternative schools, even though Choices carries “Alternative” in its name. Both are in low-ranked districts: Canton College Preparatory School ranks 691 of 773 (11th percentile, 1 star), and Canton City ranks 640 of 773 (17th percentile, 1 star).

Neither school ranks above the bottom quartile. Canton College Preparatory School is the relatively stronger of the two on school rank percentile (22nd percentile in 2025–2026, 24th in 2024–2025, 14th in 2023–2024, 1 star each year), and it shows early-grade promise: 5th Grade ELA at 67.6% proficient versus state 70.4%, and 4th Grade Math at 72.2% in 2024–2025 versus state 69.1%. Its middle grades lag badly, with 8th Grade ELA at 8.3%, 8th Grade Science at 8.7%, 7th Grade Math at 7.9%, and 6th Grade Math at 16.7%, alongside 56.9% chronic absenteeism. Choices Alternative School has 0-star ranks (9th, 8th, and 2nd percentile), 90.4% chronic absenteeism versus district 35.3%, and a 30.1% graduation rate versus district 69.6%; its clearest bright spot is Biology at 50.0%, above the district’s 40.9% but below the state’s 67.0%.

Parents should note key data gaps. Free/reduced-lunch figures are blank for both schools, so poverty context is unknown, not zero. Spending data is from 2018–2019 — $7,546 per student at Canton College Preparatory and $10,265 at Choices — with student-teacher ratios of 17.4 and 19.8, so it should not be read as current or causal. Test scores come from different exams and grade levels, making cross-school test comparisons less meaningful than comparisons to district and state benchmarks. Overall, the ZIP offers two low-ranked schools facing different challenges: pockets of early-grade strength but a middle-school slide at Canton College Preparatory, and crisis-level attendance, graduation, and achievement outcomes at Choices.