Summary:
Zip code 44730 is home to three public schools — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — all run by the Osnaburg Local district and all sharing the same East Canton address, together serving about 898 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Enrollment is concentrated at the elementary level: East Canton Elementary School (PK–5) has 450 students, East Canton High School (9–12) has 254, and East Canton Middle School (6–8) has 194. The district and all three schools currently hold 2-star ratings, with the district ranked 483rd of 773 Ohio districts.
Each school has a clear bright spot. East Canton Elementary stands out in grades 4–5 math, with 4th grade at 81.0% proficient versus 67.3% statewide and 5th grade at 71.2% versus 59.1%, and it has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the group at 11.1%. East Canton Middle posts exceptional Algebra I results — 94.4% proficient, far above the state's 61.6% and the district's 74.1% — plus 6th and 7th grade math above state averages. East Canton High reports a 100.0% graduation rate and improving End-of-Course scores, including American Government at 79.7% (state 71.6%) and Algebra I at 65.0%, up from 48.6%.
But the data also shows real volatility. The middle school's 8th grade results fell sharply: math dropped from 64.7% to 29.8%, science from 84.9% to 58.5%, and ELA from 73.6% to 49.2%, while its rank slipped from the 63rd to the 45th percentile. The elementary school's 3rd grade math and ELA each declined by more than 11 points to below state levels. Chronic absenteeism rises with grade level — 11.1% at the elementary, 20.2% at the middle, and 19.7% at the high school, compared with the district's 15.7%. Free/reduced-lunch figures are blank for all three schools and spending data dates to 2018–2019, so economic and current resource comparisons aren't possible.
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