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.