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What's the one class at Canton Middle every student should take?
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Enrollment
475
Middle
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYWOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370204000897
Canton Middle
60 Penland St, Canton, NC 28716 · (828) 646-3467 · Haywood County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B+Test 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 North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
467 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 164 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 166 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 145 | 31% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 71% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
49.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
63.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 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 North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Canton Middle
Canton Middle's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canton Middle this school | 475 | 98.3% | 58.8% |
| Cane Creek Middle Fletcher | 499 | 98.0% | 71.3% |
| Hudson Middle Hudson | 551 | 98.9% | 52.5% |
| North Buncombe Middle Weaverville | 516 | 98.8% | 64.8% |
| Granite Falls Middle Granite Falls | 518 | 99.4% | 60.8% |
| West Lincoln Middle Lincolnton | 563 | 98.8% | 54.8% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Canton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #137 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #108 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #225 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #327 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #154 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.1% | #445 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #291 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #115 of 300 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
475
-40 (-8%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 475 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 98% (467) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 99% (490) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 33.1 | 13.6:1 | 99% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 46% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 38.5 | 14.5:1 | 59% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 56% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 58% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 30% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 37 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (558 to 475); teachers down 20% (38.5 to 31).
About Canton Middle
Canton Middle is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Its address is in Canton, North Carolina. The school serves 475 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in North Carolina is roughly 605 students; this school is 21% smaller than that.
Canton Middle is one school in a 15-school district, Haywood County Schools, which enrolls 6,476 students.
Most students at Canton Middle are White: 84% of enrollment. Other groups make up 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Canton Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.
Teacher staffing is 31 full-time equivalents, or about 15.3 students per teacher. Middle schools in North Carolina average about 15.9:1, a similar figure. About 98% of students, or 467, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 99% average for public schools in Haywood County.
allk12 grades Canton Middle an A-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Canton Middle scores 58.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Haywood County, median household income is about $61,912, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Canton Middle is one of 16 public schools in Haywood County, which together enroll about 7,092 students.
The shortest distance from Canton Middle to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Pisgah High. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7. Canton Middle is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Canton Middle is coded as Town: Fringe in federal locale data.
Canton Middle had 515 students in 2020-21 and 475 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.3:1 in 2020-21, and 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Haywood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,662
Census ACS
Median income
$61,912
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,092 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Haywood County Schools
- Tuscola HighHigh · 873 students
- Pisgah HighHigh · 859 students
- Waynesville MiddleMiddle · 727 students
- Bethel ElementaryElementary · 537 students
- Clyde ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Hazelwood ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Other schools in Canton
- Pisgah HighHigh · 859 students
- Bethel ElementaryElementary · 537 students
- North Canton ElementaryElementary · 332 students
- Meadowbrook ElementaryElementary · 198 students
Other Canton Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Canton Middle. Canton Middle is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Canton Middle SchoolStreamwood, IL · 531 students
- Canton Middle SchoolCanton, CT · 214 students
- Canton Middle School - 04Canton, SD · 194 students
Nearby schools
- Pisgah High0.4 mi · 859
- Meadowbrook Elementary1.2 mi · 198
- North Canton Elementary1.4 mi · 332
- Clyde Elementary3.0 mi · 523
- Bethel Elementary3.8 mi · 537
- Bethel Middle4.8 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Canton MiddleHow many students attend Canton Middle?
Canton Middle enrolls approximately 475 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Canton Middle serve?
Canton Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Canton Middle?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Canton Middle.
How diverse is Canton Middle?
Canton Middle reports a student body of 84% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Canton Middle?
Canton Middle is overseen by Haywood County Schools in Haywood County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.