Summary:
ZIP code 44708 in Canton, Ohio contains just one public high school — McKinley High School, serving grades 9–12 with 2,047 students as part of the Canton City district. Because it is the only high school in the ZIP, there is no local peer school to compare it against; the useful comparisons are year over year, against its own district, and against Ohio statewide.
Academically, McKinley sits close to the district average but well behind the state. Across six tested subjects in 2025-2026, its average proficiency was 42.6%, versus 63.2% statewide — about two-thirds of the state rate — and it trailed the state in every subject by 14.9 to 26.2 points. Social studies is the relative bright spot: American History 58.3% and American Government 55.4%. Geometry at 23.6% (roughly 1 in 4 students proficient) is the weakest area, and it is one of three subjects where the school falls slightly below its own district. There is real improvement: five of six subjects rose year over year, with American History up 10.0 points and Geometry up 7.5 points, lifting the average from 38.2% to 42.6%. Algebra I is the exception, falling 3.3 points while the state gained 2.2. Despite the gains, the school's statewide percentile slipped from 18 to 14, and it holds a 1-star rating.
Two other numbers stand out. The graduation rate is 80.9%, 11.3 points above the district's 69.6%, yet chronic absenteeism is 48.9% — nearly half the student body — and 13.6 points worse than the district. Both figures cover only one year, so no trend can be read. The student-teacher ratio is 14.9:1; per-student spending is $11,487 but only for 2018-2019, and free/reduced lunch data is not reported. Overall, families should know this is a large, improving but still below-state-average school with genuine strengths in social studies and a math pipeline that needs attention.
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