Enrollment
194
Middle
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 41-1·NCES 461056000831
Canton Middle School - 04
800 N Main St, Canton, SD 57013 · (605) 764-2706 · Lincoln County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL194 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of South Dakota 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.
- B-Beats 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 South Dakota public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
42 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 68 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 34% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Canton Middle School - 04→Canton High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Canton School District 41-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
60.4%
SD avg 50.3% . +10.1pp since 2022
Math
49.0%
SD avg 47.5% . +5.9pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.4% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.3% | 50.5% |
| 2022-23 | 50.3% | 43.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SD Smarter Balanced. 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for South Dakota 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 South Dakota'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 School - 04
Canton Middle School - 04's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canton Middle School - 04 this school | 194 | 21.6% | 51.2% |
| Lennox Jr. High - 08 Lennox | 169 | 15.4% | 66.8% |
| Lennox Intermediate - 09 Lennox | 185 | 16.2% | 62.6% |
| Dell Rapids Middle School - 03 Dell Rapids | 295 | 15.6% | 66.1% |
| Parkston Middle School - 05 Parkston | 98 | 23.5% | 50.5% |
| Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 Volga | 156 | 14.1% | 49.3% |
Matched among South Dakota 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 School - 04 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #23 of 64 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #24 of 64 ▼ 3 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #18 of 65 ▼ 7 | #5 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 194 | #44 of 165 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.6% | #47 of 65 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #19 of 26 | N/A |
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
194
-24 (-11%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 158
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 194 | 13.9 | 13.9:1 | 22% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 198 | 14.3 | 13.8:1 | 20% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 203 | 15.4 | 13.2:1 | 20% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 218 | 13 | 16.8:1 | 23% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 207 | 13.7 | 15.1:1 | 24% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 180 | 13 | 13.8:1 | 32% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 197 | 13 | 15.2:1 | 28% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 234 | 17 | 13.8:1 | 16% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 158 | 6 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canton Middle School - 04.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (207 to 194); teachers up 1% (13.7 to 13.9).
About Canton Middle School - 04
Families in Canton, South Dakota, are served by Canton Middle School - 04, a medium-sized middle-grades school. The school counts 194 students across grades 6 through 8.
The 3 schools in Canton School District 41-1 enroll 888 students altogether, Canton Middle School - 04 among them.
At Canton Middle School - 04, White students make up 93% of the student body. The remaining students are 3% Native American and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 90% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Canton Middle School - 04 comes in at 14%.
Canton Middle School - 04's 13.9 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.9:1. Middle schools in South Dakota average about 13.4:1, a similar figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 22%.
Measured against South Dakota public middle schools, Canton Middle School - 04 receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Canton Middle School - 04 is 3.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (51.2% versus 54.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in South Dakota.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lincoln County show that median household income is about $99,166, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 26 public schools in Lincoln County, with a combined enrollment of about 10,530.
The shortest distance from Canton Middle School - 04 to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Canton High School - 01. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Canton Middle School - 04 ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Canton Middle School - 04 is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Canton Middle School - 04 had 218 students in 2020-21 and 194 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.8:1 to 13.9:1.
The Canton Middle School - 04 community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,638
Census ACS
Median income
$99,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
10,530 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Canton School District 41-1
- Lawrence Elementary - 02Elementary · 411 students
- Canton High School - 01High · 283 students
Other schools in Canton
- Lawrence Elementary - 02Elementary · 411 students
- Canton High School - 01High · 283 students
Other Canton Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Canton Middle. Canton Middle School - 04 is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Canton Middle SchoolStreamwood, IL · 531 students
- Canton MiddleCanton, NC · 475 students
- Canton Middle SchoolCanton, CT · 214 students
Nearby schools
- Canton High School - 010.0 mi · 283
- Lawrence Elementary - 020.5 mi · 411
- Worthing Elementary - 058.9 mi · 119
- Liberty Elementary - 029.8 mi · 559
- West Lyon Junior High School10.0 mi · 128
- West Lyon Elementary School10.0 mi · 561
Frequently asked questions
About Canton Middle School - 04How many students attend Canton Middle School - 04?
Canton Middle School - 04 enrolls approximately 194 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Canton Middle School - 04 serve?
Canton Middle School - 04 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Canton Middle School - 04 have?
Canton Middle School - 04 employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Canton Middle School - 04?
Student demographics at Canton Middle School - 04 are roughly 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Canton Middle School - 04 public or private?
Canton Middle School - 04 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Canton School District 41-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.