Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280090001285
Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences
357 Old Yazoo Road, Canton, MS 39046 · (601) 855-7819 · Madison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
374 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 62% · 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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MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.7%
MS avg 45.9% . -8.5pp since 2023
Math
40.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.2% | 36.8% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Mississippi 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 Mississippi'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 Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences
Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences this school | 378 | 98.9% | 58.0% |
| Boyd Elementary School Jackson | 424 | 100.0% | 29.4% |
| Crestwood Elementary Meridian | 368 | 99.2% | 35.2% |
| Lockard Elementary School Indianola | 393 | 100.0% | 67.7% |
| 28th Street Elementary Gulfport | 359 | 99.4% | 48.7% |
| Rowan Elementary HATTIESBURG | 425 | 99.5% | 71.5% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary 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 Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #187 of 428 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #295 of 439 ▲ 31 | #12 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #241 of 439 ▼ 44 | #11 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #246 of 453 | #11 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #260 of 408 | #9 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.5% | #345 of 409 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #168 of 444 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #118 of 296 | #5 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
378
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 378 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 99% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 27.8 | 13.9:1 | 100% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 27.3 | 13.3:1 | 100% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 100% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 25.8 | 17.9:1 | 100% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 100% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 26 | 21.9:1 | 95% (542) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences.
About Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences
Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences is one of the public schools in Canton, Mississippi. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 378 students.
Canton Public Schools has 8 schools and 3,419 students, and Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences is one of those schools.
The share of students at Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences who are Black is 90%. Other students are 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Madison County residents are about 37% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 17, compared with 70 nationally.
Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.8 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 99% of the student body. That rate is above the 52% average among public schools in Madison County.
Among Mississippi public elementary schools, Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences outscored 68%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (58.0%) and its predicted rate (44.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools.
For Madison County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $83,441 a year, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences, Madison County has 34 public schools.
Nichols Middle School, about 2.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment at Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences was 384 in 2020-21 and 378 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
111,647
Census ACS
Median income
$83,441
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
16,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Canton Public Schools
- Canton High SchoolHigh · 899 students
- Canton Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- McNeal Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Jimmie M Goodloe ElementaryElementary · 366 students
- Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 362 students
- Huey L Porter MiddleMiddle · 356 students
Other schools in Canton
- Canton High SchoolHigh · 899 students
- Madison Crossing ElementaryElementary · 761 students
- Canton Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- McNeal Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Jimmie M Goodloe ElementaryElementary · 366 students
- Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Nichols Middle School2.5 mi · 362
- McNeal Elementary School2.9 mi · 385
- SR1 COLLEGE PREP & STEM ACADEMY3.4 mi · 87
- Canton Elementary School4.6 mi · 411
- Huey L Porter Middle5.6 mi · 356
- Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary5.6 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Reuben B. Myers Arts & SciencesWhat is the total enrollment at Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences?
Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences serve?
Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences have?
Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences?
Student demographics at Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences are roughly 1% White, 8% Hispanic, 90% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences in?
Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences is part of Canton Public Schools.
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