F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in CANTON, New York, one of the schools within CANTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 408 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

Within CANTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,041 students, F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 4% multiracial. Compared to St. Lawrence County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against St. Lawrence County (around 45%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.6%, the actual is 59.8%, a residual of -3.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Lawrence County put median household income runs about $62,850, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, St. Lawrence County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students), of which F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: J M MCKENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 23%: 533 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.