Canton South High School

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Canton South High School
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New Canton South High School.
Address
Canton South High School
600 Faircrest Street S.E.

Canton
,
Ohio
44707

United States
Information
School type Public high school
Founded1932
School board Stark County Educational Service Center
School district Canton Local Schools
SuperintendentBrett Yeagley
PrincipalKrysta Gearhart
Teaching staff35.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9 – 12
Enrollment814 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio23.26 [1]
Language English
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Red and gray   
MascotWillie the Wildcat
Communities served North Industry, Canton Township, and Pike Township
Website www.cantonlocal.org

Canton South High School is a public high school in Canton Township, Stark County, Ohio, United States. The school, typically enrolling around 800 students in the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades, is the only high school in the Canton Local School District. It is a member school of the former Stark County Board of Education (now known as the Stark County Educational Service Center). [2]

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The school's athletic teams are known as the Canton South Wildcats, and are part of the Principles Athletic Conference of the Ohio High School Athletic Association. [3]

A new school was planned by early 2017. [4]

Geography and history

Canton South High School is located at 40°44′59″N81°22′23″W / 40.749859°N 81.373108°W / 40.749859; -81.373108 . It sits just within the unglaciated region of the Allegheny Plateau. The school is located near North Industry, an unincorporated area once known as Slabtown (for the slabs of wood once used as sidewalks in the past, which were available from local lumber mills). [5]

In 2011, the school was featured on an episode of Robert Irvine's hit series Restaurant: Impossible , centering on the Wildcat Cafe (formerly the Heritage Room), operated by the culinary students.

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Canton South High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Stark County Educational Service Center". Archived from the original on August 28, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Northeastern Buckeye Conference Schedule". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Canton South High School". www.cantonlocal.org. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  5. ↑ Heald, Edward T. The Stark County Story. Canton, Ohio: Stark County Historical Society, 1949-1959. v2/p623
  6. ↑ "New AMMED Museum exhibit honors only U.S. nurse killed by enemy fire in Vietnam" . Retrieved June 13, 2021.

40°44′59″N81°22′23″W / 40.749859°N 81.373108°W / 40.749859; -81.373108


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