Summary:
ZIP code 44721 in Canton, Ohio is home to four public schools serving grades K–12 — two elementary schools (Middlebranch Elementary School, K–4, and Charles L Warstler Elementary School, K–5), one middle school (Oakwood Middle School, 6–8), and one high school (GlenOak High School, 9–12) — all part of the Plain Local district, which ranks at the 73rd percentile statewide with 4 stars. Total enrollment is 3,769 students, and GlenOak High alone enrolls 2,086 of them, more than the other three schools combined.
Middlebranch is the strongest overall performer in the ZIP, ranking in the 84th percentile with 4 stars and improving from the 69th percentile the year before. Its proficiency average of 82.6% is the highest here, its chronic absenteeism (10.6%) the lowest, and its free/reduced lunch rate (36.33%) the lowest. Oakwood Middle is also strong at the 79th percentile with 4 stars, and its advanced math results stand out, with Algebra I at 99% and Geometry at 95.7% proficiency, far above district and state. Those End-of-Course scores likely reflect a subset of advanced students rather than the whole school, and Oakwood also has the ZIP's highest absenteeism (16.4%).
Warstler is the lowest performer at the 31st percentile with 2 stars, down from the 45th percentile, with the lowest proficiency average (52.8%) and the highest free/reduced lunch rate (55.33%). The elementary contrast is stark: Middlebranch's 3rd grade math proficiency is 91.4% versus Warstler's 40%. GlenOak High has held steady at the 60th percentile with 3 stars for three straight years, with a 93.2% graduation rate, strong science and humanities scores, but weaker Geometry (43%). Notably, spending and class size do not track outcomes here.
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