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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360647000427
F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
99 STATE ST, CANTON, NY 13617 · (315) 386-8561 · St. Lawrence County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
126 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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
Based on grade levels within CANTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for New York 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 New York'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
408
-125 (-23%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.1:1
% White
92%
was 94%
% Hispanic
1%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
St. Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,226
Census ACS
Median income
$62,850
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
13,653 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CANTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- H C WILLIAMS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 332 students
- J M MCKENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 301 students
- ST LAWRENCE CORRECTIONAL FACILITYElementary
Other schools in CANTON
- H C WILLIAMS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 332 students
- J M MCKENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 301 students
- SAINT LAWRENCE-LEWIS BOCESCombined · 225 students
- ST LAWRENCE CORRECTIONAL FACILITYElementary
Nearby schools
- J M MCKENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 301
- H C WILLIAMS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 332
- SAINT LAWRENCE-LEWIS BOCES1.0 mi · 225
- POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL10.4 mi · 373
- LAWRENCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.7 mi · 526
- A A KINGSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL10.7 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 408 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.5:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 92% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CANTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.