Canon School

Canon School is a primary school of one-room-style scale in Black Canyon City, Arizona, operated by Canon Elementary District (4484), instructing 117 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 74% smaller than the state mean of about 451.

Canon Elementary District (4484) is the operating authority for Canon School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Canon School logs that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Yavapai County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Canon School lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the broader community, Yavapai County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,613 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Yavapai County runs 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,538 students), of which Canon School is one.

The closest other public school is New River Elementary School, roughly 9.4 miles away.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 131 students in 2018 compared to 117 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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