2025 Compare Cities Education:
Canton, OH vs Akron, OH

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Highlights
- Akron spends 24.3% more per student than Canton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.7% lower in Akron than in Canton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Akron had 1.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Canton
 Canton, OHAkron, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,948$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,826  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,158$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6074573
 Students per Counselor319  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Canton    18 Reviews

It is hard to discuss Canton without putting it into the larger context of Northeast Ohio(Cleveland/Akron/Canton) Canton itself has added a nice Arts district, miles  More

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Over 9 years ago

Grew up in Ohio, spent the first 25 years of life there and enjoyed. On the East Coast in Boston, MA now. It was a good place for a kid. If you have any ambition at  More

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Over 11 years ago

Canton, Oh is a rathole yes this place will suck the life out of you, yes there are plenty of prostitutes, drug dealers and users everything is true. Your chance of  More

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Reviews for Akron    31 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I grew up and lived in Akron, OH for a majority of my life, with the exception of living in Panama City, FL for 8 years. The town is pretty decent, affordable utilities,  More

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Over 4 years ago

This area is completely run down. Ghetto with a capital  More

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My goodness, I had to create an account to counterbalance all the negative people. I grew up in Ellet, went to an Akron Public School, graduated with a bachelor's from  More

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