Summary:
The Canton R-V school district in Missouri consists of two schools: Canton Elementary and Canton High. While both schools have a predominantly white student population, they exhibit some notable differences in their academic performance and socioeconomic factors.
Canton High School has shown impressive improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from the 300th out of 460 Missouri high schools in 2018-2019 to the 118th out of 352 in 2022-2023, earning a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. In contrast, Canton Elementary has outperformed the state average in mathematics proficiency for grades 3, 4, and 6, with the 4th-grade students achieving a 50% proficiency rate compared to the state's 43.8%. However, the elementary school has underperformed in English Language Arts for grades 3 and 6.
Economically, Canton Elementary has a higher percentage of free and reduced lunch recipients (45.83%) compared to Canton High (40.87%), suggesting that the elementary school serves a more economically disadvantaged population. Additionally, Canton High spends more per student ($14,195) than Canton Elementary ($11,219), and the elementary school has a lower student-teacher ratio (10.5) compared to the high school (11.0).
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