Enrollment
216
Combined
STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANNELTON CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180117000191
Cannelton Elementary & High School
109 S 3rd Street, Cannelton, IN 47520 · (812) 547-3296 · Perry County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL216 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
19 FTE teachers
STATE 24.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
129 students
STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 10 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 9 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 15 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 22 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 31% larger than its 8th grade class (16).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
25.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
20.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cannelton Elementary & High School
Cannelton Elementary & High School's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannelton Elementary & High School this school | 216 | 59.7% | 24.6% |
| Muncie Central High School Muncie | 1,337 | 68.8% | N/A |
| Academy for Innovative Studies Evansville | 318 | 74.5% | 4.1% |
| RISE Learning Center Indianapolis | 200 | 55.0% | 9.0% |
| Burris Laboratory School Muncie | 676 | 25.0% | 48.4% |
| LaPorte High School LaPorte | 1,807 | 40.2% | N/A |
Matched among Indiana K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cannelton Elementary & High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 216 | #8 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.0% | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #6 of 9 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
216
-48 (-18%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 158
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 216 | 19 | 11.4:1 | 60% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 197 | 20 | 9.8:1 | 60% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 219 | 24 | 9.1:1 | 80% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 264 | 19 | 13.9:1 | 71% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 20 | 13.0:1 | 78% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 251 | 11 | 22.8:1 | 78% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 269 | 20 | 13.4:1 | 76% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 232 | 17 | 13.7:1 | 38% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 158 | 11 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cannelton Elementary & High School.
About Cannelton Elementary & High School
Cannelton, Indiana, is home to Cannelton Elementary & High School, a low-enrollment combined-grade school. The school enrolls 216 students, from pre-K through 12. An average school in this group (combined schools in Indiana) has about 531 students.
Cannelton Elementary & High School belongs to Cannelton City Schools.
Most students at Cannelton Elementary & High School are White: 90% of enrollment. Other groups make up 7% multiracial. County-wide, about 93% of residents are White. Cannelton Elementary & High School has a diversity index of 18%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.4:1, with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among combined schools in Indiana, the typical ratio is 24.5:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Cannelton Elementary & High School is 60%. That is higher than the 48% average for public schools in Perry County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Cannelton Elementary & High School is -8.7 points: 24.6% actual, 33.3% predicted.
Within Perry County, median household income is about $61,151, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Federal data list 5 public schools in Perry County, with a combined enrollment of about 2,842.
The school nearest to Cannelton Elementary & High School is Tell City Jr-Sr High School, at a distance of about 3.2 miles. Within five miles of Cannelton Elementary & High School, there are 4 other public schools. Cannelton Elementary & High School is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for Cannelton Elementary & High School is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 264 to 216. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.4:1.
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Perry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,270
Census ACS
Median income
$61,151
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
2,842 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Tell City Jr-Sr High School3.2 mi · 617
- Hancock County High School3.3 mi · 461
- Hancock County Middle School3.4 mi · 308
- William Tell Elementary School3.4 mi · 734
- North Hancock Elementary School6.0 mi · 451
- Hancock County Alternative Program8.0 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About Cannelton Elementary & High SchoolHow many students attend Cannelton Elementary & High School?
Cannelton Elementary & High School enrolls approximately 216 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Cannelton Elementary & High School serve?
Cannelton Elementary & High School serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Cannelton Elementary & High School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Cannelton Elementary & High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cannelton Elementary & High School?
At Cannelton Elementary & High School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Cannelton Elementary & High School?
Cannelton Elementary & High School is overseen by Cannelton City Schools in Perry County.
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