Summary:
ZIP code 44707 contains exactly one high school: Canton South High School, a grades 9–12 campus with 774 students at 600 Faircrest St SE, Canton, OH 44707-1344. It belongs to the Canton Local district. Because it is the only high school in this ZIP, there are no in-ZIP peer comparisons to make — the meaningful benchmarks are the district and the state.
The most important recent change is a drop in the school's state ranking. In 2024–2025, Canton South ranked 502 of 855, in the 41st percentile with 2 stars. In 2025–2026, it ranked 594 of 795 — the 25th percentile with 1 star. For comparison, the Canton Local district ranks 384 of 773, about the 50th percentile with 3 stars. Test results moved in the same direction: in 2024–2025 the school was above the state average in American History, Biology, English II, and Geometry, but in 2025–2026 no reported subject was above the state average. Algebra I is the clearest weakness at 38.2% proficient, 23.4 points below the state and 11.0 points below the district — a persistent gap, not a one-year dip. English II had the largest decline, falling from 60.5% to 52.0%, or 10.7 points below the state. Geometry was nearly level with the state at 43.0% versus 43.3%, so math results are uneven rather than uniformly weak.
The school reports a strong 92.6% graduation rate for 2025–2026 — the same as the district — even though proficiency is below state in every reported subject. Chronic absenteeism is 26.5%, compared with 20.4% for the district, a notable concern since lower is better. The student-teacher ratio was 22.1 in 2024–2025, and per-student spending was $10,800 in 2018–2019, a figure several years older than the other data. Free/reduced lunch information is not reported, so socioeconomic context cannot be assessed from this file.
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