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Crenshaw Middle School

Summary:

Crenshaw Middle School is a public middle school in Canton, Ohio, serving 774 students in grades 7-8. The school is part of the Canton City School District, which is ranked 637 out of 839 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Crenshaw Middle School faces significant challenges, including consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 39% to 53.9% over the past few years - much higher than the state average and nearby schools like North Canton Middle School (15.1%) and Louisville Middle School (0.1%). Academically, the school's performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better on Ohio State Tests, is consistently lower than the state and district averages across all subject areas and grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 18.6% of 8th-grade students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state average of 46.3%.

Despite higher spending per student ($9,710 in 2018-2019) than the state average, Crenshaw Middle School's academic performance remains poor, indicating that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution. The school and Canton City School District should examine how resources are being allocated and explore more effective strategies to improve student learning, including addressing the high chronic absenteeism rate and implementing targeted interventions to ensure equitable outcomes for all students.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 2525 19th St NE
       Canton, OH  44705-3475

(330) 454-7717

District: Canton City

SchoolDigger Rank:
811th of 1,046 Ohio Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,949 Help


Students who attend Crenshaw Middle School usually attend:

High:    Choices Alternative School
    McKinley High School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.2 Help
Number of students:  764

Racial breakdown:

African American:
36.6%
White:
33.0%
Two or more races:
16.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  100% Help


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Compare Details Crenshaw Middle School ranks worse than 77.5% of middle schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.56. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Crenshaw Middle School has the largest middle school student body size in the Canton City School District. Student population at Crenshaw Middle School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (36.6%), White (33%), two or more races (16.1%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Crenshaw Middle School is 18.2, which is the highest among 5 middle schools in the Canton City School District! (See more...)
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Compare Crenshaw Middle School employs 41.8 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Crenshaw Middle School is $11,949, which is the lowest among 5 middle schools in the Canton City School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Crenshaw Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Crenshaw Middle School 811th of 1046 Ohio public middle schools. (See Crenshaw Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Canton City:

SchoolDigger ranks Canton City 637th of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Crenshaw Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Crenshaw Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 6.90 381st 400 4.8%
2005 22.21 596th 692 13.9%
2006 34.69 582nd 732 20.5%
2007 39.50 620th 837 25.9%
2008 38.18 627th 835 24.9%
2009 34.12 660th 858 23.1%
2010 33.75 698th 895 22.0%
2011 27.37 747th 925 19.2%
2012 25.99 795th 989 19.6%
2013 20.06 833rd 1001 16.8%
2014 5.72 932nd 1008 7.5%
2015 4.96 989th 1035 4.4%
2016 6.74 980th 1050 6.7%
2017 7.07 954th 1038 8.1%
2018 9.23 907th 1010 10.2%
2019 21.06 812th 1050 22.7%
2021 13.16 853rd 1037 17.7%
2022 15.88 819th 1017 19.5%
2023 18.58 824th 1048 21.4%
2024 19.56 811th 1046 22.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Crenshaw Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.36 189th 205 7.8%
2019 29.83 159th 206 22.8%
2021 13.57 199th 219 9.1%
2022 13.24 218th 239 8.8%
2023 9.19 233rd 245 4.9%
2024 13.12 237th 254 6.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Crenshaw Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 39.29 67th 110 39.1%
2023 52.82 48th 113 57.5%
2024 41.46 73rd 123 40.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Crenshaw Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 17.57 551st 590 6.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Crenshaw Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.24 841st 924 9.0%
2019 28.22 721st 945 23.7%
2021 13.68 789th 923 14.5%
2022 18.56 772nd 947 18.5%
2023 22.70 758th 974 22.2%
2024 22.28 768th 989 22.3%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Crenshaw Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.64 15th 21 28.6%
2021 23.98 17th 18 5.6%
2022 20.64 15th 17 11.8%
2024 39.56 7th 11 36.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Crenshaw Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 4.97 852nd 897 5.0%
2019 19.29 746th 917 18.6%
2021 8.14 825th 910 9.3%
2022 11.69 799th 925 13.6%
2023 14.03 786th 943 16.6%
2024 16.13 772nd 942 18.0%
See the entire list of Best Ohio Middle Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Crenshaw Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.70 487th 643 24.3%
2019 17.00 610th 658 7.3%
2022 15.61 553rd 565 2.1%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Crenshaw Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 57.47 92nd 173 46.8%
2024 47.81 134th 196 31.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Crenshaw Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.20 843rd 916 8.0%
2019 15.91 783rd 933 16.1%
2021 8.88 824th 924 10.8%
2022 11.25 813th 946 14.1%
2023 14.23 801st 963 16.8%
2024 13.32 805th 958 16.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Crenshaw Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.41 339th 384 11.7%
2019 38.58 241st 405 40.5%
2021 22.37 317th 385 17.7%
2022 24.03 314th 413 24.0%
2023 30.03 296th 436 32.1%
2024 30.20 287th 429 33.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Crenshaw Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 12.28 213th 228 6.6%
2022 22.57 199th 247 19.4%
2023 33.76 173rd 249 30.5%
2024 29.59 167th 239 30.1%
See the entire list of Best Ohio Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Crenshaw Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 2.24 768th 781 1.7%
2019 10.23 731st 796 8.2%
2021 3.87 759th 781 2.8%
2022 7.63 758th 809 6.3%
2023 10.27 732nd 805 9.1%
2024 12.03 715th 795 10.1%
See the entire list of Best Ohio Middle Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Crenshaw Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 545 161 3 7 15 n/a n/a 0 731
1989 541 179 1 1 7 n/a n/a 0 729
1990 521 171 0 3 7 n/a n/a 0 702
1991 508 199 5 2 20 n/a n/a 0 734
1992 593 205 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 800
1993 601 231 2 2 0 n/a n/a 0 836
1994 591 255 2 7 2 n/a n/a 0 857
1995 531 229 4 2 2 n/a n/a 0 768
1996 531 229 4 2 2 n/a n/a 0 768
1997 561 237 4 5 3 n/a n/a 0 810
1998 567 223 0 4 4 n/a n/a 0 798
1999 559 230 0 7 5 n/a n/a 0 801
2000 513 228 1 7 6 n/a n/a 0 755
2001 499 249 1 9 6 n/a n/a 0 764
2002 466 293 2 5 3 n/a n/a 51 820
2003 466 293 2 5 3 n/a n/a 51 820
2004 474 326 1 4 3 n/a n/a 66 874
2005 385 285 1 6 4 n/a n/a 69 750
2006 331 235 0 6 5 n/a n/a 72 649
2007 222 163 0 2 3 n/a n/a 52 442
2008 184 124 0 3 3 n/a n/a 42 356
2009 178 126 0 4 3 n/a n/a 60 371
2010 181 131 0 3 2 n/a n/a 70 387
2011 193 174 0 6 4 0 62 0 439
2012 173 193 0 7 1 0 62 0 436
2013 132 200 0 9 0 0 45 0 386
2014 139 238 0 19 0 0 62 0 458
2015 110 183 0 18 0 0 73 0 384
2016 103 154 0 8 0 0 51 0 316
2017 95 112 0 10 0 0 49 0 266
2018 99 122 0 9 0 0 53 0 283
2019 240 229 1 32 2 2 102 0 608
2020 215 246 1 48 1 2 85 0 598
2021 178 249 1 70 1 1 71 0 571
2022 271 317 0 95 1 0 116 0 800
2023 242 296 0 100 2 1 133 0 774
2024 252 280 0 106 3 0 123 0 764

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Crenshaw Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 731 42.0 17.4 0
1989 729 45.0 16.2 n/a
1990 702 43.0 16.3 n/a
1991 734 42.0 17.4 n/a
1992 800 46.0 17.3 33.6
1993 836 46.0 18.2 36.1
1994 857 49.0 17.5 36.2
1995 768 51.0 15.1 42.3
1996 768 51.0 15.1 42.3
1997 810 50.0 16.2 42.8
1998 798 49.0 16.3 39.5
1999 801 53.0 15.1 50.7
2000 755 56.5 13.4 58.1
2001 764 53.8 14.2 52.7
2002 820 53.9 15.2 67.2
2003 820 53.9 15.2 67.2
2004 874 49.0 17.8 70.2
2005 750 46.0 16.3 74.4
2006 649 41.6 15.6 80.8
2007 442 26.0 17.0 80.3
2008 356 22.0 16.2 n/a
2009 371 45.0 8.2 93.6
2010 387 49.0 7.9 93.4
2011 439 51.5 8.5 80.6
2012 436 37.5 11.6 76.4
2013 386 23.5 16.4 71.2
2014 458 25.3 18.1 94.5
2015 384 n/a n/a 100
2016 316 20.0 15.8 100
2017 266 21.0 12.6 n/a
2018 283 23.0 12.2 n/a
2019 608 35.0 17.3 n/a
2020 598 43.0 13.9 n/a
2021 571 41.3 13.8 n/a
2022 800 48.3 16.5 n/a
2023 774 48.4 15.9 n/a
2024 764 41.8 18.2 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Crenshaw Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 731 42.0 17.4 0
1989 729 45.0 16.2 n/a
1990 702 43.0 16.3 n/a
1991 734 42.0 17.4 n/a
1992 800 46.0 17.3 33.6
1993 836 46.0 18.2 36.1
1994 857 49.0 17.5 36.2
1995 768 51.0 15.1 42.3
1996 768 51.0 15.1 42.3
1997 810 50.0 16.2 42.8
1998 798 49.0 16.3 39.5
1999 801 53.0 15.1 50.7
2000 755 56.5 13.4 58.1
2001 764 53.8 14.2 52.7
2002 820 53.9 15.2 67.2
2003 820 53.9 15.2 67.2
2004 874 49.0 17.8 70.2
2005 750 46.0 16.3 74.4
2006 649 41.6 15.6 80.8
2007 442 26.0 17.0 80.3
2008 356 22.0 16.2 n/a
2009 371 45.0 8.2 93.6
2010 387 49.0 7.9 93.4
2011 439 51.5 8.5 80.6
2012 436 37.5 11.6 76.4
2013 386 23.5 16.4 71.2
2014 458 25.3 18.1 94.5
2015 384 n/a n/a 100
2016 316 20.0 15.8 100
2017 266 21.0 12.6 n/a
2018 283 23.0 12.2 n/a
2019 608 35.0 17.3 n/a
2020 598 43.0 13.9 n/a
2021 571 41.3 13.8 n/a
2022 800 48.3 16.5 n/a
2023 774 48.4 15.9 n/a
2024 764 41.8 18.2 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Crenshaw Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $9,710
2022 $10,464
2023 $11,501
2024 $11,949

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Crenshaw Middle School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 812th of 1050 Middle schoolsRanks 824th of 1048 Middle schools
 1.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
7th Grade Mathematics (Crenshaw Middle School)23.619.3
 4.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Canton City)27.716.3
 11.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.547.6
 9.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Crenshaw Middle School)42.437.9
 4.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Canton City)44.635.2
 9.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)67.764.8
 2.9%
8th Grade Science (Crenshaw Middle School)37.637.4
 0.2%
   8th Grade Science (Canton City)42.437.6
 4.8%
   8th Grade Science (Ohio)68.264
 4.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (Crenshaw Middle School)9.620.5
 10.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Canton City)27.419.5
 7.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.346.4
 10.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Crenshaw Middle School)4133.8
 7.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Canton City)37.128.9
 8.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)58.357.5
 0.8%
End of Course Algebra I (Crenshaw Middle School)68.390.5
 22.2%
   End of Course Algebra I (Canton City)26.624
 2.6%
   End of Course Algebra I (Ohio)61.153
 8.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students608774
 27.3%
African American229296
 29.3%
American Indian22
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic32100
 212.5%
Pacific Islander21
 50%
White240242
 0.8%
Two or More Races102133
 30.4%

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Students at Crenshaw Middle School are 37% African American, 33% White, 16% Two or more races, 14% Hispanic.

Students who attend Crenshaw Middle School usually go on to attend Choices Alternative School

In the 2023-24 school year, 764 students attended Crenshaw Middle School.

Crenshaw Middle School ranks in the bottom 22.5% of Ohio middle schools.


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