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Canton City

What its pupils achieve, and how little of it the funding side explains.

Against districts with comparable poverty

This district
62.8
A district's tested students distributed across Ohio's achievement levels, weighted so higher levels count for more. It tracks the economically disadvantaged share at −0.85, so most of what it appears to say about a district is poverty. Performance Index →, 2024-25
Median of its poverty fifth
74.3
122 districts in the poorest fifth, 67%–100% economically disadvantaged
Difference
−11.5
points, against like-composed districts

Canton City scores 11.5 points below the median of its poverty fifth: 62.8 against 74.3. Every district in that fifth, by Performance Index — the shaded box is its middle half, and the rule marked Canton City is this district. The gap in the third tile is worth what the width of this box says it is worth.

Performance Index 62.8 14th percentile of its fifth
60100Canton CityFifth's median 74.3Ohio median 88.3
60100Canton CityFifth's median 74.3Ohio median 88.3
60100Canton CityFifth's median 74.3Ohio median 88.3
The values
  • Lorain City: Performance Index 53.1, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • North College Hill City: Performance Index 54.7, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Mt Healthy City: Performance Index 54.8, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Dayton City: Performance Index 55.3, 97% economically disadvantaged
  • Jefferson Township Local: Performance Index 55.3, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Northridge Local: Performance Index 57.1, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Lockland Local: Performance Index 57.2, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Youngstown City: Performance Index 57.6, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • East Cleveland City School District: Performance Index 57.6, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Trotwood-Madison City: Performance Index 58.3, 97% economically disadvantaged
  • Cleveland Municipal: Performance Index 59.6, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Lima City: Performance Index 60.0, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Springfield City School District: Performance Index 60.2, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Toledo City: Performance Index 60.4, 94% economically disadvantaged
  • Garfield Heights City Schools: Performance Index 60.7, 94% economically disadvantaged
  • Columbus City School District: Performance Index 60.7, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Ashtabula Area City: Performance Index 62.5, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Maple Heights City: Performance Index 62.8, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Canton City: Performance Index 62.8, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Euclid City: Performance Index 63.0, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Winton Woods City: Performance Index 63.4, 85% economically disadvantaged
  • Middletown City: Performance Index 64.6, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Bedford City: Performance Index 65.4, 80% economically disadvantaged
  • Warren City: Performance Index 65.6, 99% economically disadvantaged
  • Sandusky City: Performance Index 65.8, 99% economically disadvantaged
  • Akron City: Performance Index 65.8, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Richmond Heights Local: Performance Index 66.5, 70% economically disadvantaged
  • Elyria City Schools: Performance Index 66.8, 79% economically disadvantaged
  • Whitehall City: Performance Index 66.9, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Painesville City Local: Performance Index 67.1, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Mansfield City: Performance Index 67.2, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Marion City: Performance Index 67.4, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Warrensville Heights City: Performance Index 67.7, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Clearview Local: Performance Index 67.7, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Fostoria City: Performance Index 67.9, 71% economically disadvantaged
  • Trimble Local: Performance Index 68.1, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Portsmouth City: Performance Index 68.3, 99% economically disadvantaged
  • New Miami Local: Performance Index 68.3, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Meigs Local: Performance Index 68.6, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Finneytown Local: Performance Index 68.7, 67% economically disadvantaged
  • Cincinnati Public Schools: Performance Index 69.0, 86% economically disadvantaged
  • East Liverpool City: Performance Index 70.0, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Crestline Exempted Village: Performance Index 70.2, 98% economically disadvantaged
  • Nelsonville-York City: Performance Index 70.3, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Windham Exempted Village: Performance Index 70.7, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Cambridge City: Performance Index 70.8, 89% economically disadvantaged
  • Western Local: Performance Index 71.0, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Ravenna City: Performance Index 71.4, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Southern Local: Performance Index 71.7, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Reynoldsburg City: Performance Index 72.2, 74% economically disadvantaged
  • Wellsville Local: Performance Index 72.2, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Groveport Madison Local: Performance Index 72.6, 79% economically disadvantaged
  • Liberty Local: Performance Index 72.7, 77% economically disadvantaged
  • Southern Local: Performance Index 72.8, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Chillicothe City: Performance Index 73.2, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • West Carrollton City: Performance Index 73.3, 73% economically disadvantaged
  • Bloomfield-Mespo Local: Performance Index 73.3, 73% economically disadvantaged
  • Zanesville City: Performance Index 73.3, 99% economically disadvantaged
  • Alliance City: Performance Index 73.6, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Crooksville Exempted Village: Performance Index 73.8, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Campbell City: Performance Index 73.9, 99% economically disadvantaged
  • Cleveland Heights-University Heights City: Performance Index 74.6, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Massillon City: Performance Index 74.6, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • South Euclid-Lyndhurst City: Performance Index 74.9, 70% economically disadvantaged
  • Buckeye Local: Performance Index 75.0, 71% economically disadvantaged
  • Huntington Local: Performance Index 75.1, 99% economically disadvantaged
  • Scioto Valley Local: Performance Index 75.2, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Rolling Hills Local: Performance Index 75.9, 87% economically disadvantaged
  • Northwest Local: Performance Index 76.1, 80% economically disadvantaged
  • New Boston Local: Performance Index 76.3, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Waverly City: Performance Index 76.4, 90% economically disadvantaged
  • Southern Local: Performance Index 77.0, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Washington-Nile Local: Performance Index 77.3, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Wellston City: Performance Index 77.3, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Local: Performance Index 77.5, 74% economically disadvantaged
  • Gallia County Local: Performance Index 77.6, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Hamilton City: Performance Index 77.9, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • St Bernard-Elmwood Place City: Performance Index 78.2, 89% economically disadvantaged
  • South Point Local: Performance Index 78.4, 95% economically disadvantaged
  • Mad River Local: Performance Index 78.6, 68% economically disadvantaged
  • Circleville City: Performance Index 78.6, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Maysville Local: Performance Index 79.3, 93% economically disadvantaged
  • Barberton City: Performance Index 79.4, 77% economically disadvantaged
  • Washington Court House City: Performance Index 79.5, 69% economically disadvantaged
  • Lisbon Exempted Village: Performance Index 79.6, 81% economically disadvantaged
  • Galion City: Performance Index 79.7, 67% economically disadvantaged
  • Brooklyn City: Performance Index 79.8, 71% economically disadvantaged
  • Newark City: Performance Index 79.9, 71% economically disadvantaged
  • Xenia Community City: Performance Index 80.0, 84% economically disadvantaged
  • Conneaut Area City: Performance Index 80.2, 74% economically disadvantaged
  • Norwood City: Performance Index 80.4, 94% economically disadvantaged
  • Coshocton City: Performance Index 80.5, 99% economically disadvantaged
  • Princeton City: Performance Index 80.6, 74% economically disadvantaged
  • Rock Hill Local: Performance Index 80.8, 91% economically disadvantaged
  • Fremont City: Performance Index 81.1, 77% economically disadvantaged
  • Vinton County Local: Performance Index 81.1, 99% economically disadvantaged
  • Struthers City: Performance Index 81.2, 81% economically disadvantaged
  • Fairborn City: Performance Index 81.2, 86% economically disadvantaged
  • Oak Hill Union Local: Performance Index 81.5, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Perry Local: Performance Index 81.7, 79% economically disadvantaged
  • New Lexington School District: Performance Index 81.8, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Eastern Local School District: Performance Index 82.3, 94% economically disadvantaged
  • Sebring Local: Performance Index 82.8, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Salem City: Performance Index 83.0, 79% economically disadvantaged
  • Niles City: Performance Index 83.0, 85% economically disadvantaged
  • Green Local: Performance Index 83.1, 68% economically disadvantaged
  • Indian Creek Local: Performance Index 83.1, 69% economically disadvantaged
  • LaBrae Local: Performance Index 83.3, 73% economically disadvantaged
  • Morgan Local: Performance Index 83.7, 74% economically disadvantaged
  • Manchester Local: Performance Index 83.7, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Greenfield Exempted Village: Performance Index 83.8, 70% economically disadvantaged
  • Pymatuning Valley Local: Performance Index 83.9, 76% economically disadvantaged
  • Ironton City School District: Performance Index 83.9, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Upper Scioto Valley Local: Performance Index 84.6, 68% economically disadvantaged
  • Canton Local: Performance Index 85.4, 84% economically disadvantaged
  • Logan-Hocking Local: Performance Index 87.1, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Symmes Valley Local: Performance Index 87.5, 99% economically disadvantaged
  • Northwest Local: Performance Index 88.7, 83% economically disadvantaged
  • Bellaire Local: Performance Index 89.8, 71% economically disadvantaged
  • Dawson-Bryant Local: Performance Index 91.2, 100% economically disadvantaged
  • Lordstown Local: Performance Index 99.5, 77% economically disadvantaged
  • Steubenville City: Performance Index 100.1, 100% economically disadvantaged

Ohio's attainment measure tracks economic disadvantage at −0.846 statewide, so comparing this district to the state median would mostly be comparing its poverty rate to the state's. The middle tile is the comparison worth making, and the difference between them is what is left after one crude control.

It is not an effect of anything. Districts are not assigned to a poverty fifth at random, the fifths are wide, and a single year of a measure that barely moves cannot separate a school's contribution from its intake. See what this data can and cannot say.

Outcomes

Performance Index, 2022-2357.7
Performance Index, 2023-2458.5
Performance Index, 2024-2562.8
Progress, three-year average
The department's headline growth measure, and the one every correlation on this site uses.
 0.00
Progress, one year
The same measure without the smoothing, also published.
 0.03
Operating spending per enrolled pupil $21,315
Operating spending per need-weighted pupil $15,276
Economically disadvantaged (report card) 100.0%
English learners 7.1%
Students with disabilities 16.8%

The Performance Index is close to a fixed district trait across these three years, which is why a change in funding is unlikely to show up in it. Progress is the measure that moves. Both are 2024-25; the spending figures are FY2025.

One of the two growth measures prints 0.00 over three years, which at two decimals covers anything within half a hundredth of zero and has no direction to read. Statewide the two correlate at 0.90, and of the 534 districts printing a non-zero value on both, 44 point opposite ways — none of them with both magnitudes above 0.05.

The two economically-disadvantaged shares on this page differ: the report card's is top-coded by community eligibility, the profile report's (100.0%) is not.

Two mistakes this page is built to prevent

Reading a correlation with poverty as a correlation with something elseEconomic disadvantage explains Ohio's attainment measure at −0.846. Most other district-level variables are that one in disguise — including, sharply, guarantee status. Every association statewide, with its controlled figure beside it.
Quoting a per-pupil number without its denominatorThe two spending figures above share a numerator. The department's divides by a need-weighted count; the other divides by headcount. Against an outcome that is itself composition-driven, the first is substantially a composition proxy — statewide the same numerator gives −0.004 one way and −0.355 the other.

Nothing on this page is causal, and nothing on it is a judgment about this district's schools. What it funds is on the dashboard; what it actually collected and spent is in its finances.