Canton South High School

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, & 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). The school's athletic teams are known as the Canton South Wildcats, and are part of the Northeastern Buckeye Conference of the Ohio High School Athletic Association. It is currently under construction, with plans to have a new school in late 2017.

Geography & History

Canton South High School is located at 40°44′59″N 81°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).