Summary:
ZIP code 44706 covers southwest Canton and contains four schools serving roughly 1,257 students: Faircrest Memorial Elementary School (PK–5, 747 students), McGregor Intermediate School (4–6, 206), Beacon Academy (K–8, 200), and Stark High School (9–12, 104). Faircrest is part of Canton Local, McGregor belongs to Canton City, and Beacon and Stark are charters that share a single address on Garfield Ave SW.
Faircrest is the clear standout: it scored above the Ohio average on all seven reported 2025–26 assessments, averaging about 75.5% proficiency versus a state average near 63.8%, and its state ranking climbed from the 55th to the 70th percentile over three years. Because Faircrest (PK–5) and McGregor (4–6) both serve grades 4 and 5, they can be compared directly, and the gaps are large — Grade 4 Math was 82.7% at Faircrest versus 18.3% at McGregor, and Grade 5 Math 73.9% versus 21.4%. McGregor declined in every subject and grade compared with the prior year, with its average proficiency falling from about 32.5% to about 20.0%.
Beacon Academy and Stark High School are the most concerning. Beacon ranked in the 3rd percentile in 2025–26, with average proficiency around 16.4% against a comparable state average of about 60.1%. Stark's average across five end-of-course exams was roughly 23.1%, alongside a 70.0% graduation rate. Chronic absenteeism tracks closely with these results: 14.1% at Faircrest, 24.8% at McGregor, 52.1% at Beacon, and 73.7% at Stark. Note that free/reduced-lunch data is unreported for all four schools, and the most recent spending figures date to 2018–19, so family-income context and current funding comparisons are unavailable.
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