Editing Canton, Ohio (section)

==Education==
[[File:NEW MCKINLEY.jpg|thumb|[[Canton McKinley High School]] is the largest secondary school in Canton.]]
Canton's K-12 students are primarily served by the public [[Canton City School District]], which included eight elementary schools, three middle schools, and two high schools, in addition to alternative education centers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canton City School District / Home |url=https://www.ccsdistrict.org/ccsd |access-date=August 23, 2022 |website=www.ccsdistrict.org |language=en}}</ref> A portion of northern Canton is included in the [[Plain Local School District]], and another overlap exists with the suburban [[Canton Local School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39151_stark/DC20SD_C39151.pdf|title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map : Stark County, OH|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=May 7, 2023}}</ref>

[[Catholic schools in the United States|Catholic grade schools]] within Canton are St. Peter, St. Joseph, and [[Our Lady of Peace]]. Additional Catholic schools in the immediate area include St. Michael the Archangel School (PK–8) and [[Central Catholic High School (Perry Township, Ohio)|Central Catholic High School]] (9–12).{{NCES Private School ID|01062645|school_name=Central Catholic High School |access_date=September 18, 2020|do_not_render=yes}} There is also [[Heritage Christian School (Canton, Ohio)|Heritage Christian School]] (K–12), a Christian grade school and high school. [[Canton Country Day School]] is a private PreK–8 school located just outside city limits founded as part of the [[Country Day School movement]]. Within the city limits is the private Canton Montessori School, which teaches according to the Montessori Plan for Education proposed by [[Maria Montessori]] in the early 20th century.

[[Malone University]], a private, four-year liberal arts college affiliated with the [[Evangelical Friends Church - Eastern Region]], is located on 25th Street NW.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malone.edu/about/stats-facts/|title=2017-18 Stats & Facts |publisher=Malone University|access-date=February 27, 2018}}</ref> Catholic-run [[Walsh University]] is located nearby in North Canton. [[Stark State College]] and a branch of [[Kent State University]] are also nearby in Jackson Township. Also in downtown Canton, there is a small annex for [[Stark State College]] to be used by the early college high school students who are located on the Timken Campus.