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What's something Canton JSHS does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
372
High
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANTON AREA SD·NCES 420492000988
Canton JSHS
509 E Main St, Canton, PA 17724 · (570) 673-5134 · Bradford County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
373 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Canton Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.6pp since 2023
Math
39.4%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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
372
-65 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.2:1
% White
93%
was 97%
% Hispanic
3%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Canton JSHS
As a low-enrollment high school in Canton, Pennsylvania, Canton JSHS enrolls 372 students from grades 7 through 12, one of the schools within Canton Area SD. Enrollment runs roughly 50% below the state mean of about 738.
Canton Area SD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 803 students; Canton JSHS is among them.
On the student-mix side, Canton JSHS shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder comes out to 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, Canton JSHS records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bradford County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Canton JSHS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.0%.
Around the school, census data for Bradford County shows median household earnings sit near $63,675, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Bradford County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,392 students), Canton JSHS is one campus in the mix.
Canton Area El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Canton JSHS comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.4%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Canton JSHS's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 437 (now 372). Over the same period, the White share declined from 97% to 93%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.
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Bradford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,858
Census ACS
Median income
$63,675
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Canton Area El Sch0.3 mi · 431
- W R Croman Primary Sch8.8 mi · 321
- Troy Area JSHS9.6 mi · 660
- Troy Intrmd Sch9.7 mi · 408
- Blossburg El Sch11.5 mi · 194
- North Penn-Liberty JSHS15.4 mi · 247
Frequently asked questions
About Canton JSHSHow large is Canton JSHS?
Canton JSHS enrolls approximately 372 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Canton JSHS serve?
Canton JSHS serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Canton JSHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Canton JSHS is approximately 11.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Canton JSHS?
Student demographics at Canton JSHS are roughly 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Canton JSHS in?
Canton JSHS is part of Canton Area SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.