Total enrollment
3,157
-50 (-2%) vs SY 2020-21
10 schools in Canton Public Schools
Mississippi · 3,419 students · 2 cities
Public K-12 enrollment in Canton Public Schools totals about 3,419 students across 10 schools (an average of 342 students per school).
4-year change in Canton Public Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
7
-1 (-12%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Canton Public Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Mississippi | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #85 of 126 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,419 | #33 of 136 | #2,841 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 8 | #21 of 136 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #120 of 136 | #6,043 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 99.9% | #18 of 135 | #142 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #77 of 105 | #4,304 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Canton Public Schools
State test results across the district's 8 scored schools run from Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences at 58.0% proficient to Nichols Middle School at 30.3%, a gap of 27.7 points. That is the 26th widest gap among 92 Mississippi districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canton High School | Canton | High | 09-12 | 899 |
| Canton Elementary School | Canton | Elementary | PK-05 | 411 |
| McNeal Elementary School | Canton | Elementary | PK-05 | 385 |
| Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences | Canton | Elementary | PK-05 | 378 |
| Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary | Canton | Elementary | PK-05 | 366 |
| Nichols Middle School | Canton | Middle | 06-08 | 362 |
| Huey L Porter Middle | Canton | Middle | 06-08 | 356 |
| CANTON PUBLIC 9TH GRADE SCHOOL | Canton | Combined | 09-09 | 262 |
| CANTON CAREER CENTER | Canton | High | 10-12 | 0 |
| CANTON EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CENTER | Canton | Combined | 04-12 | 0 |
About Canton Public Schools
As a rural-scale district in Mississippi, Canton Public Schools instructs 3,419 students across 10 schools.
For a sense of the school types, Canton Public Schools spans 4 elementary, 2 middle, 2 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 342 in this district, meaningfully below the Mississippi typical of 498.
Looking at the last 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment held roughly steady: 3,207 students in SY 2020-21 versus 3,157 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, Canton Public Schools closed 1 school, going from 8 to 7.
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