Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44705

ZIP code 44705 contains six schools — three elementary, two middle, and one high school — serving roughly 2,045 students across four districts: Canton City, Plain Local, East Branch Preparatory AcademydbaWright Preparatory Academy, and Canton Harbor High School, which operates as its own district. Those district contexts differ sharply: Plain Local is rated 4 stars and the 73rd percentile of Ohio districts, while Canton City is 1 star (17th percentile) and East Branch/Wright is 1 star (18th percentile). Only Ransom H Barr Elementary School reports free/reduced-lunch data, at 60.22% in 2024–2025; all other such values are blank, so poverty comparisons are limited. Spending figures are historical, from 2018–2019.

Ransom H Barr Elementary School is the clear standout. It is the only school here in a 4-star district, and its own recent rating is 3 stars at the 58th percentile — the strongest in the ZIP — with the lowest chronic absenteeism at 18.8%. Its 4th grade math proficiency was 85.3% versus the state's 67.3%, and 4th grade ELA was 73.5% versus 61.8% statewide, though 3rd grade math came in at 58.6%, below its district's 75.5% and the state's 62.1%. Crenshaw Middle School shows a striking split: Geometry at 90.9% and Algebra I at 86.4% proficient, far above state and district, while its 7th and 8th grade math and ELA lag well behind the state and chronic absenteeism is 40.4%.

The remaining schools face steeper challenges. Canton Harbor High School has 85.8% chronic absenteeism, a 46.8% graduation rate, and very low End-of-Course proficiency, with Algebra I at 5.6% versus the state's 59.4%. East Branch Preparatory AcademydbaWright Preparatory Academy has 60.8% absenteeism and slipped from 2 stars to 1 star. Youtz Intermediate School's 6th grade math was 9.3%, and Gibbs Elementary School's 3rd grade math was 10.3% with ELA at 25.9%. Higher spending and lower student/teacher ratios do not line up with stronger results here, and small enrollments make some percentages volatile.