Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44707

ZIP code 44707 in Canton, Ohio is home to five schools serving 2,189 students in grades K–12, and those schools are split among three very different districts: Canton Local (two schools, 1,152 students), Canton City (two schools, 899 students), and the standalone charter Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learn-Canton (one school, 138 students). The five schools are Canton South High School (grades 9–12), STEAMM Academy (4–8), Stephanie Rushin Patrick Elementary School (K–6), Canton South Middle School (5–9), and Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learn-Canton (K–8).

Only one school here clearly beats the state average: Canton South Middle, which ranks in the 63rd percentile (3 stars), has climbed steadily for three years, and posts the lowest chronic absenteeism in the area at 22.0%. Canton South High School tells a two-sided story — a strong 92.6% graduation rate, but a ranking that fell to the 25th percentile (1 star) and results below the state on all six End-of-Course exams, including Algebra I at 38.2% versus 61.6% statewide. The remaining three schools sit in the bottom fifth of the state: STEAMM Academy (19th percentile), Summit Academy (15th), and Stephanie Rushin Patrick Elementary (8th, 0 stars), whose average proficiency runs about 37 points below the state on the tests it reports.

Two patterns matter most for families choosing here. First, chronic absenteeism is high almost everywhere, from 22.0% at Canton South Middle to 54.1% at Summit Academy, and attendance tracks results imperfectly. Second, math and science are the shared weak spots across nearly every school and grade level, with Canton South Middle's 8th grade science (59.8%) the lone exception. Spending figures date to 2018–19, free/reduced-lunch data is not reported for any school, and small schools like Summit swing widely year to year.