Enrollment
287
Elementary
DISTRICT 254 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANTON R-V·NCES 290708000181
CANTON ELEM.
200 S FOURTH ST, CANTON, MO 63435 · (573) 288-5216 · Lewis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
117 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 54%
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
CANTON ELEM.→CANTON HIGH
Based on grade levels within CANTON R-V. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
50.3%
MO avg 49.5% . +27.5pp since 2023
Math
62.7%
MO avg 48.7% . +28.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 27 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
287
-39 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 14.6:1
% White
90%
was 90%
% Hispanic
1%
was 0%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CANTON ELEM.
As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in CANTON, Missouri, CANTON ELEM. serves 287 students from grades pre-K through 6, run under CANTON R-V.
Within CANTON R-V, which oversees 2 schools and 508 students, CANTON ELEM. is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, CANTON ELEM. reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 7% multiracial. Compared to Lewis County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, On paper, CANTON ELEM. has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CANTON ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 42.0%, a residual of -8.6 points.
Around the school, Lewis County reports that median household income runs about $59,934, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Lewis County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,416 students), CANTON ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is CANTON HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CANTON ELEM. at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.7%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CANTON ELEM. has shrank 12%, going from 326 students in 2018 to 287 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.
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Lewis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,416 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- CANTON HIGH0.0 mi · 221
- Unity High School12.3 mi · 176
- Unity Middle School12.3 mi · 200
- Unity Elementary School12.6 mi · 296
- Colonel George Iles Elem Sch12.7 mi · 535
- HIGHLAND ELEM.13.0 mi · 520
Frequently asked questions
About CANTON ELEM.How large is CANTON ELEM.?
CANTON ELEM. enrolls approximately 287 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does CANTON ELEM. serve?
CANTON ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does CANTON ELEM. have?
CANTON ELEM. employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CANTON ELEM.?
At CANTON ELEM., the student body is approximately 90% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees CANTON ELEM.?
CANTON ELEM. is overseen by CANTON R-V in Lewis County.
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