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Canton Public School District

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Canton Public School District is located close to the center of Mississippi. Canton Public School District has 188.47 square miles of land area and 3.87 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Canton Public School District population is 22,254. Canton Public School District median household income is $38,154 in 2010-2014. Canton Public School District median house value is $151,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Canton Public School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(108 out of 148, bottom 27%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	9
Population	22,254 (2010-2014), rank #37
Population Growth	9.38% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	115.70/sq mi, rank #44
Median Household Income:	$38,154 at 2010-2014—13.87% increase since 2005-2009, rank #44
Median House Price:	$151,900 at 2010-2014—70.48% increase since 2005-2009, rank #9
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	188.47 sq mi, rank #92
Water Area:	3.87 sq mi (2.01%), rank #54
State:	Mississippi
County:	Madison County
City:	Canton, Madison
Zip:	39046, 39110
Area:	Jackson, MS

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Canton Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

403 East Lincoln St

Canton MS, 39046, Madison County

Phone: 601-859-4110

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,388	3,374	3,420	3,352	3,408	3,355	3,364
English Language Learner Students:	170	128	79	50	59	40	19
Total Teachers:	202.13	211.37	201.21	195.52	190.20	196.40	184.90
Prekindergarten:	0.82	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	14.93	14.40	13.49	13.67	9.18	9.00	11.10
Elementary:	101.67	103.23	100.04	92.12	89.59	98.50	95.30
Secondary:	67.33	75.00	70.52	72.04	74.80	71.30	60.10
Ungraded:	17.38	17.74	16.16	16.69	15.63	16.60	17.40
Total Other Staff:	222.87	215.67	227.91	214.07	238.00	233.30	225.70
Instructional Aides:	53.18	53.47	53.51	42.97	46.48	45.20	41.90
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	7.00	8.00	9.00	6.82	7.93	9.00	10.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	10.13	9.88	9.52	7.84	8.12	14.80	6.40
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.88	3.88	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.25	6.00	6.52	4.84	5.12	5.40	4.40
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	7.40	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	6.00	5.00	5.00	4.94	5.00	5.00	5.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
District Administrators:	7.39	8.34	7.00	7.50	9.50	9.90	9.80
District Administrative Support:	23.82	21.92	21.38	21.28	22.77	22.90	22.70
School Administrators:	12.88	11.00	12.00	12.95	15.00	14.60	13.00
School Administrative Support:	15.84	12.00	15.00	14.16	17.94	18.00	16.80
Student Support Services:	17.15	17.15	17.64	18.43	20.37	20.30	17.30
Other Support Services:	69.48	68.91	77.86	77.18	84.89	73.60	81.30
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.76	15.96	17.00	17.14	17.92	17.08	18.19

Schools

Canton Career Center	Grade 10 to Grade 12	487 North Union Extension, Canton MS 39046
Canton Educational Services Center	Grade 4 to Grade 12	529 North Mace St, Canton MS 39046
Canton Elementary	Grade 2 to Grade 5	740 East Academy St, Canton MS 39046
Canton Public High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	634 Finney Rd, Canton MS 39046
Csas	Kindergarten to Grade 5	357 Old Yazoo Rd, Canton MS 39046
Goodloe Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	551 Finney Rd, Canton MS 39046
Mc Neal Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	364 Martin Luther King Dr, Canton MS 39046
Nichols Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	529 North Mace St, Canton MS 39046
Porter Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	551 Finney Rd, Canton MS 39046

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.4	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.6	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.7	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.6	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.4	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	138.5	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.3	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	138.4	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	139.7	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.4	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.4	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	138.9	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.9	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.8	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	139	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.7	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.3	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.9	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	139.5	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28.5%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	20.3%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	27.5%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	37.6%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50.7%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	9%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	15.9%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	17.7%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.1%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.3%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.9%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.5%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95.1%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95.2%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	46.7%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	49.8%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	44%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	76%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	59.9%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	65.5%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	80.7%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	82.7%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	85.6%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	70.6%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	88.1%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	76.2%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	49%	86.2%
2011	Biology I	End of course	% met std	18.2%	67.5%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	45.3%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	57.7%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	75.3%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	73.2%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	57.5%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	51.5%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	37.6%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	55.5%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	38.2%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	46%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	48.1%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	50.4%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	86.3%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	90.8%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	93.3%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	83.6%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	82.2%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	92.6%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	80.5%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	89%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	58.5%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	67.1%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$31,757,000	$9,286		$30,591,000	$9,126		$29,594,000	$8,684
Federal:	$8,177,000	$2,391	25.7%	$8,073,000	$2,408	26.4%	$7,364,000	$2,161	24.9%
State:	$13,369,000	$3,909	42.1%	$12,833,000	$3,828	42.0%	$12,470,000	$3,659	42.1%
Local:	$10,211,000	$2,986	32.2%	$9,685,000	$2,889	31.7%	$9,760,000	$2,864	33.0%
Total Expenditures:	$43,123,000	$12,609		$28,961,000	$8,640		$27,534,000	$8,079
Total Current Expenditures:	$27,303,000	$7,983		$26,360,000	$7,864		$26,308,000	$7,719
Instructional Expenditures:	$14,611,000	$4,272	53.5%	$13,708,000	$4,089	52.0%	$13,981,000	$4,102	53.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,082,000	$901	11.3%	$3,380,000	$1,008	12.8%	$2,758,000	$809	10.5%
Administration:	$3,548,000	$1,037	13.0%	$3,535,000	$1,055	13.4%	$3,697,000	$1,085	14.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,062,000	$1,773	22.2%	$5,737,000	$1,712	21.8%	$5,872,000	$1,723	22.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$14,527,000	$4,248		$1,652,000	$493		$403,000	$118
Construction:	$13,825,000	$4,042		$1,009,000	$301		$46,000	$13
Total Other:	$90,000	$26		$47,000	$14		$64,000	$19
Interest on Debt:	$1,203,000	$352		$902,000	$269		$759,000	$223

Total Salary:	$14,785,000	$4,323		$14,232,000	$4,246		$15,204,000	$4,461
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,357,000	$2,736	63.3%	$9,052,000	$2,700	63.6%	$9,552,000	$2,803	62.8%
Other Salary:	$5,428,000	$1,587	36.7%	$5,180,000	$1,545	36.4%	$5,652,000	$1,658	37.2%
Total Benefit:	$4,753,000	$1,390		$4,597,000	$1,371		$4,889,000	$1,435
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,953,000	$863	62.1%	$2,873,000	$857	62.5%	$3,034,000	$890	62.1%
Other Benefit:	$1,800,000	$526	37.9%	$1,724,000	$514	37.5%	$1,855,000	$544	37.9%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	50.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	39.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	53.4%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	17.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	10.9%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	10.9%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	7.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,493.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,612.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$38,439.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$42,603.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$48,989.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$51,269.0

* Canton Public School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.