📍 1379 Garfield Ave SW, Canton, Stark County, 44706
Beacon Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Canton, Stark County. The school has 236 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Beacon Academy school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1. It operates as a public charter school. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Beacon Academy enrolls 236 students across grades K–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Black or African American, 29% White and 23% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 100 | 42% |
| White | 69 | 29% |
| Two or more races | 54 | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 5.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Beacon Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). It operates as a public charter school. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OH At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 29, state house district 49.
Beacon Academy is one of 1 schools in Beacon Academy, based in Canton, Ohio. The district serves 200 students district-wide and employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 236 students, Beacon Academy is larger than the district average of about 200 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small