Summary:
Zip code 44708 has just one middle-level school, Clarendon Intermediate School, which serves grades 4–6 with 258 students as part of the Canton City district. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there are no in-zip peers to compare it to — the useful benchmarks are its own district, the state, and its prior-year results. Context matters here: Canton City ranks 640th of 773 districts (17th percentile) with a 1-star rating, and Clarendon's student–teacher ratio is 15.6. Per-student spending is listed at $11,300, though that figure is from 2018–2019, and free/reduced lunch data are not reported, so economic context is limited.
Clarendon's clearest bright spot is 4th grade math, where 50.7% of students scored proficient in 2025–2026 — 14.1 points above the district and a 20.3-point jump from the prior year. 5th grade ELA also improved sharply, rising 15.2 points to 42.7%, and 5th grade math rose 9.8 points to 17.3%. Chronic absenteeism, at 33.2%, is 2.1 points lower than the district's 35.3%, a relative strength — though about one in three students is still chronically absent, which likely makes achievement harder.
Most results remain low. In 2025–2026, Clarendon trailed the district on six of seven reported tests, with the weakest results in 5th grade science (14.9%), 5th grade math (17.3%), and 6th grade ELA (18.9%); 6th grade ELA and 5th grade science also declined year over year. Average proficiency across the seven tests was 28.7%, versus 34.4% for the district and 61.9% statewide, and Clarendon trails the state by 47.8 points in 5th grade science and 41.8 points in 5th grade math. The takeaway for parents: progress is real and broad — five of seven tests improved — but overall proficiency is still well below district and state levels.
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