Enrollment
174
High
DISTRICT 184 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANTON-GALVA·NCES 200444001002
Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High
506 S. Kansas, Canton, KS 67428 · (620) 628-4401 · McPherson County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL174 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Kansas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
64 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 33 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 24 | 14% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 58% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Canton-Galva. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
31.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
29.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.5% | 29.2% |
| 2023-24 | 17.1% | 15.2% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High
Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High this school | 174 | 36.8% | 23.6% |
| Marion High Marion | 159 | 38.4% | 28.8% |
| Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School Atwood | 151 | 36.4% | 39.6% |
| Moundridge High Moundridge | 160 | 35.0% | 34.8% |
| Haven High Haven | 223 | 35.9% | 34.3% |
| Chase County Junior Senior High School Cottonwood Falls | 192 | 36.5% | 36.1% |
Matched among Kansas high 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 Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #191 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #176 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #188 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 174 | #195 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.8% | #175 of 263 |
Ranked against other public high 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
174
+32 (+23%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 111
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 174 | 13.6 | 12.8:1 | 37% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 177 | 12.3 | 14.4:1 | 32% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 137 | 11.3 | 12.1:1 | 34% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 142 | 12 | 11.8:1 | 34% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 166 | 14.4 | 11.5:1 | 39% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 172 | 16 | 10.8:1 | 35% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 112 | 9 | 12.4:1 | 28% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 140 | 10 | 14.0:1 | 22% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 111 | 10 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (166 to 174); teachers down 5% (14.4 to 13.6).
About Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High
Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High is a low-enrollment high school. Its address is in Canton, Kansas. The school's 174 students are in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment is 58% lower than the average for high schools in Kansas, which is about 410.
In Canton-Galva, 2 schools enroll a combined 367 students.
Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High enrolls a student body that is 86% White. After that, the student body is 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 25%.
Teachers at the school number 13.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.8:1. Among high schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 11.9:1. The school's lunch program data list 37% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 40% average for public schools in McPherson County.
allk12 grades Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High a C-. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High is 20.9 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Kansas.
Across McPherson County, median household income is about $78,851, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High is among the 18 public schools in McPherson County.
The closest other public school is Canton-Galva Elementary, about 5.9 miles away. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High at 9th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 174, 23% above the 142 of 2020-21.
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McPherson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,205
Census ACS
Median income
$78,851
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
4,829 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Canton-Galva Elementary5.9 mi · 193
- Goessel High10.3 mi · 154
- Goessel Elem10.5 mi · 118
- McPherson High12.0 mi · 658
- Washington Elem12.0 mi · 256
- McPherson Middle School12.2 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. HighHow large is Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High?
Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High enrolls approximately 174 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High serve?
Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High.
What is the student diversity at Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High?
Student demographics at Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High are roughly 86% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High public or private?
Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Canton-Galva.
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