Canton High School

Summary:

Canton High School is a public magnet high school serving grades 6-12 with 1,890 students, located in Canton, Michigan as part of the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools district, which is ranked 100 out of 610 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating.

Canton High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in Michigan, with a statewide ranking between 17th and 65th out of 743 high schools over the past 10 years and a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating exceptional academic performance. The school has a diverse student population, with 63.49% White, 10.21% African American, 4.71% Hispanic, 17.57% Asian, and 3.81% two or more races, which is higher than nearby schools like Salem High School and Plymouth High School. Canton High School also maintains a high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 90.1% to 95.4% over the past five years, significantly higher than the state average.

While Canton High School's academic performance is exceptional, with students consistently outperforming state and district averages on standardized tests, the school has seen a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 12.8% in 2019-2020 to 23.0% in 2022-2023. This is an area the school may need to address to ensure all students are fully engaged in their education. Overall, Canton High School is an exceptional educational institution that delivers high-quality education to its diverse student population, making it a standout among the surrounding schools in the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools district.


Detail:

Public, Magnet 6-12

 8415 N Canton Center Rd
       Canton, MI  48187-1308


(734) 416-7545

District: Plymouth-Canton Community Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
65th of 743 Michigan High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,170 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  20.0 Help
Number of students:  1,917

Racial breakdown:

White:
61.1%
Asian:
18.9%
African American:
10.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  19.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Canton High School ranks better than 91.3% of high schools in Michigan. It also ranks 3rd among 4 ranked high schools in the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 88.72. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Canton High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Canton High School has the largest high school student body size in the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools District. Racial makeup is: White (61.1%), Asian (18.9%), African American (10.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 19.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Canton High School is 20. 2 high schools in the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Canton High School employs 95.8 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Canton High School is $14,170, which is the lowest among 4 high schools in the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Canton High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Canton High School 65th of 743 Michigan public high schools. (See Canton High School in the ranking list.)

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Plymouth-Canton Community Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Plymouth-Canton Community Schools 100th of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Canton High School

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Rank History for all students at Canton High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 74.73 185th 705 73.8%
2007 82.51 105th 767 86.3%
2008 88.65 62nd 750 91.7%
2009 88.17 64th 754 91.5%
2010 89.19 39th 765 94.9%
2011 86.45 59th 784 92.5%
2012 93.16 37th 773 95.2%
2013 92.45 41st 805 94.9%
2014 93.35 35th 799 95.6%
2015 96.28 21st 832 97.5%
2016 94.45 29th 852 96.6%
2017 93.86 33rd 835 96.0%
2018 92.95 42nd 824 94.9%
2019 96.00 19th 666 97.1%
2021 97.07 17th 561 97.0%
2022 94.23 38th 531 92.8%
2023 95.04 23rd 735 96.9%
2024 88.72 65th 743 91.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Canton High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 80.01 6th 36 83.3%
2023 71.34 27th 110 75.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Canton High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.83 9th 102 91.2%
2023 62.55 13th 35 62.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Canton High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.83 45th 315 85.7%
2019 59.83 23rd 61 62.3%
2023 78.54 17th 116 85.3%
2024 46.27 62nd 130 52.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Canton High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.68 56th 755 92.6%
2019 97.59 12th 532 97.7%
2021 99.58 4th 417 99.0%
2022 83.88 53rd 369 85.6%
2023 78.44 84th 614 86.3%
2024 78.43 90th 654 86.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Canton High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.14 65th 710 90.8%
2019 93.42 26th 554 95.3%
2021 95.22 15th 462 96.8%
2022 90.11 41st 416 90.1%
2023 93.53 21st 611 96.6%
2024 88.01 52nd 619 91.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Canton High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 94.15 28th 707 96.0%
2019 96.79 11th 543 98.0%
2021 96.89 15th 472 96.8%
2022 95.57 23rd 440 94.8%
2023 94.54 28th 611 95.4%
2024 85.09 72nd 633 88.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Canton High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.82 25th 87 71.3%
2019 92.47 1st 42 97.6%
2021 82.06 6th 42 85.7%
2022 76.00 9th 31 71.0%
2023 86.87 7th 63 88.9%
2024 64.34 30th 70 57.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Canton High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.20 35th 254 86.2%
2019 94.49 7th 147 95.2%
2021 93.36 5th 59 91.5%
2022 87.54 8th 51 84.3%
2023 92.79 10th 170 94.1%
2024 80.72 25th 188 86.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Canton High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 96.27 10th 201 95.0%
2021 56.73 26th 64 59.4%
2022 89.34 9th 83 89.2%
2023 81.48 23rd 190 87.9%
2024 77.53 40th 195 79.5%
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Rank History for White students at Canton High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.95 48th 708 93.2%
2019 93.34 32nd 582 94.5%
2021 97.30 15th 516 97.1%
2022 92.33 38th 492 92.3%
2023 92.43 35th 647 94.6%
2024 83.71 74th 638 88.4%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Canton High School Test Scores
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Enrollment information for Canton High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 2103 28 38 10 14 n/a n/a -6 2187
1989 2110 30 46 7 18 n/a n/a -16 2195
1990 1999 34 50 8 12 n/a n/a -3 2100
1991 2103 41 56 11 9 n/a n/a 0 2220
1992 2144 34 59 12 6 n/a n/a 0 2255
1993 2103 38 66 14 4 n/a n/a 0 2225
1994 2066 34 69 13 5 n/a n/a 0 2187
1995 2046 50 84 11 3 n/a n/a 0 2194
1996 2046 50 84 11 3 n/a n/a 0 2194
1997 2122 58 91 10 3 n/a n/a 0 2284
1998 2145 67 93 11 6 n/a n/a 0 2322
1999 2160 72 105 14 8 n/a n/a 0 2359
2000 2141 78 129 21 8 n/a n/a 0 2377
2001 2101 81 142 32 11 n/a n/a 0 2367
2002 1943 86 167 39 14 n/a n/a 0 2249
2003 1943 86 167 39 14 n/a n/a 0 2249
2004 1787 92 181 40 12 n/a n/a 0 2112
2005 1672 84 172 37 12 n/a n/a 0 1977
2006 1586 106 171 31 10 n/a n/a 0 1904
2007 1590 131 185 30 6 n/a n/a 0 1942
2008 1549 169 220 30 6 n/a n/a 0 1974
2009 1565 186 225 35 3 n/a n/a 0 2014
2010 1558 208 241 40 5 n/a n/a 0 2052
2011 1522 209 240 38 3 6 55 0 2073
2012 1521 197 231 53 3 4 63 0 2072
2013 1508 199 231 55 2 4 65 0 2064
2014 1529 200 225 61 2 2 63 0 2082
2015 1498 190 228 70 5 2 57 0 2050
2016 1435 192 228 77 2 3 50 0 1987
2017 1415 189 268 72 1 2 60 0 2007
2018 1375 185 300 90 2 1 54 0 2007
2019 1316 183 320 91 3 1 62 0 1976
2020 1305 161 328 83 2 1 82 0 1962
2021 1281 176 325 90 4 1 83 0 1960
2022 1246 208 333 84 5 1 80 0 1957
2023 1200 193 332 89 3 1 72 0 1890
2024 1172 208 363 98 3 1 72 0 1917

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Canton High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2187 n/a n/a n/a
1989 2195 n/a n/a 1.2
1990 2100 118.0 17.7 1
1991 2220 n/a n/a n/a
1992 2255 n/a n/a 2
1993 2225 n/a 0.0 2.7
1994 2187 91.3 24.0 2.7
1995 2194 97.4 22.5 2.3
1996 2194 97.4 22.5 2.3
1997 2284 109.0 21.0 2.2
1998 2322 113.0 20.5 3.2
1999 2359 114.0 20.7 2.2
2000 2377 116.6 20.4 2.5
2001 2367 117.8 20.1 2.5
2002 2249 91.1 24.7 4.5
2003 2249 91.1 24.7 4.5
2004 2112 92.4 22.9 4.8
2005 1977 88.4 22.4 4.9
2006 1904 93.9 20.3 7
2007 1942 106.3 18.3 9.7
2008 1974 100.0 19.7 10.4
2009 2014 98.1 20.5 11.3
2010 2052 102.6 19.9 14.5
2011 2073 97.3 21.2 15.5
2012 2072 96.8 21.3 11.9
2013 2064 89.7 22.9 16.1
2014 2082 96.1 21.6 15.8
2015 2050 97.0 21.1 15.1
2016 1987 92.0 21.5 13.7
2017 2007 85.5 23.4 14.2
2018 2007 82.6 24.2 16.4
2019 1976 87.9 22.4 18.7
2020 1962 94.2 20.8 16
2021 1960 93.7 20.9 15.4
2022 1957 96.6 20.2 19.1
2023 1890 95.4 19.8 17.7
2024 1917 95.8 20.0 19.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Canton High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2187 n/a n/a n/a
1989 2195 n/a n/a 1.2
1990 2100 118.0 17.7 1
1991 2220 n/a n/a n/a
1992 2255 n/a n/a 2
1993 2225 n/a 0.0 2.7
1994 2187 91.3 24.0 2.7
1995 2194 97.4 22.5 2.3
1996 2194 97.4 22.5 2.3
1997 2284 109.0 21.0 2.2
1998 2322 113.0 20.5 3.2
1999 2359 114.0 20.7 2.2
2000 2377 116.6 20.4 2.5
2001 2367 117.8 20.1 2.5
2002 2249 91.1 24.7 4.5
2003 2249 91.1 24.7 4.5
2004 2112 92.4 22.9 4.8
2005 1977 88.4 22.4 4.9
2006 1904 93.9 20.3 7
2007 1942 106.3 18.3 9.7
2008 1974 100.0 19.7 10.4
2009 2014 98.1 20.5 11.3
2010 2052 102.6 19.9 14.5
2011 2073 97.3 21.2 15.5
2012 2072 96.8 21.3 11.9
2013 2064 89.7 22.9 16.1
2014 2082 96.1 21.6 15.8
2015 2050 97.0 21.1 15.1
2016 1987 92.0 21.5 13.7
2017 2007 85.5 23.4 14.2
2018 2007 82.6 24.2 16.4
2019 1976 87.9 22.4 18.7
2020 1962 94.2 20.8 16
2021 1960 93.7 20.9 15.4
2022 1957 96.6 20.2 19.1
2023 1890 95.4 19.8 17.7
2024 1917 95.8 20.0 19.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Canton High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $468 (4.9%) $9,086 (95.1%) $9,554
2020 $491 (5.0%) $9,274 (95.0%) $9,765
2021 $1,673 (14.9%) $9,527 (85.1%) $11,200
2022 $1,453 (11.6%) $11,021 (88.4%) $12,474
2023 $1,167 (8.2%) $13,003 (91.8%) $14,170

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Canton High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 19th of 666 High schoolsRanks 23rd of 735 High schools
 0.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Social Studies (Canton High School)71.662
 9.6%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Plymouth-Canton Community Schools)66.459.7
 6.7%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)46.636.1
 10.5%
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Canton High School)80.674.9
 5.7%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Plymouth-Canton Community Schools)74.673.2
 1.4%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan)55.352.2
 3.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Canton High School)71.860.4
 11.4%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Plymouth-Canton Community Schools)66.859.1
 7.7%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)36.329.9
 6.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students19761890
 4.4%
African American183193
 5.5%
American Indian33
Asian320332
 3.8%
Hispanic9189
 2.2%
Pacific Islander11
White13161200
 8.8%
Two or More Races6272
 16.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients18.7%17.7%
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Students at Canton High School are 61% White, 19% Asian, 11% African American, 5% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

Yes. Canton High School ranks in the top 8.7% of Michigan high schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,917 students attended Canton High School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

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