Summary:
ZIP code 44704, on Canton's northeast side, is served by exactly one public school: AIM Academy @ Belden, a K–6 elementary with 267 students in the Canton City district. Because there is only one school in the ZIP — no middle, high, or alternative school — families here have a single option rather than a local peer group to compare. AIM Academy is rated 1 star and ranked 1,204 of 1,560 Ohio schools (23rd percentile), with a 15.7 student–teacher ratio and per-student spending of $9,846, a figure from 2018-2019 that should be read as dated context rather than a current measure.
Two strengths stand out. First, English language arts: in 2025-2026, every tested ELA grade (3–6) scored above the Canton City average, by margins of +1.2 to +20.7 points, and ELA averaged 49.2% versus the district's 39.7%. Sixth grade is the bright spot overall, with math at 46.2% and ELA at 48.7%, both well above the district and ELA the school's closest approach to the state average. Second, chronic absenteeism is 21.2%, compared with 35.3% for the district — roughly 40% lower in relative terms, meaning students are in class meaningfully more often than district peers.
The clear weakness is mathematics. Math averaged 28.8%, trailing the district by 3.5 points and the state by 32.4, with grades 3–5 sitting 30–44 points below the state; fourth-grade math also declined 14.2 points year over year. The school's ELA-to-math gap is about 20 points — roughly three times the district's own gap — which points toward subject-specific instructional needs in math rather than a general grade-level problem. Keep in mind that year-over-year comparisons involve different cohorts of students, free/reduced-lunch data is not reported, and no state absenteeism figure is available for comparison.
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