Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High

Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High is one of the tight-knit 9-12 campuss in Canton, Kansas, run under Canton-Galva, with 174 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High sits 58% leaner than that benchmark.

Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High is one of 2 schools operated by Canton-Galva, a district that hosts 367 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.6%; actual is 23.6%, a gap of -20.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for McPherson County put median household earnings sit near $78,851, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across McPherson County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,829 students), Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Canton-Galva Elementary, around 5.9 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 166 (now 174). Over the same period, the White share climbed from 81% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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