Enrollment
217
Elementary
DISTRICT 159 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANTON·NCES 400648000253
CANTON ES
Highway 58 South, Canton, OK 73724 · (580) 886-2251 · Blaine County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL217 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.3:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
177 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 68%
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 ES→CANTON HS
Based on grade levels within CANTON. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
19.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
40.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 19 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 Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma'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
217
-55 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.5:1
% White
61%
was 61%
% Hispanic
14%
was 13%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CANTON ES
As a modestly sized primary school in Canton, Oklahoma, CANTON ES serves 217 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of CANTON. That puts it 41% smaller than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.
CANTON comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 318 students; CANTON ES is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, CANTON ES shows that 61% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 19% Native American, 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting CANTON ES tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 82% of students at CANTON ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Blaine County's rate of about 72%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CANTON ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.6%, the actual is 28.0%, a residual of +0.4 points.
Across the wider county, census data for Blaine County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,642 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Blaine County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,067 students), of which CANTON ES is one.
Nearest neighbor: CANTON HS, around 0.1 miles off. On composite proficiency, CANTON ES comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.8%.
CANTON ES operates from a rural location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CANTON ES has edged down 20%, going from 272 students in 2018 to 217 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Blaine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,570
Census ACS
Median income
$61,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
2,067 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- CANTON HS0.1 mi · 101
- OKEENE JR-SR HS (SR)15.8 mi · 104
- OKEENE JR-SR HS (JR)15.8 mi · 47
- OKEENE ES15.9 mi · 179
- WATONGA HS16.5 mi · 214
- WATONGA MS16.5 mi · 148
Frequently asked questions
About CANTON ESHow large is CANTON ES?
CANTON ES enrolls approximately 217 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does CANTON ES serve?
CANTON ES serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at CANTON ES?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at CANTON ES.
How diverse is CANTON ES?
CANTON ES reports a student body of 61% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is CANTON ES in?
CANTON ES is part of CANTON.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.