District profile / Massachusetts

Canton

Canton, Massachusetts · Public school district · #79 of 229 Massachusetts districts by enrollment

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3,314

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$20,678

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% above the Massachusetts median

12.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Massachusetts median 11.9

Canton is a public school district based in Canton, Massachusetts, serving 3,314 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #79 of the 229 Massachusetts districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 66% of them. Its schools average 552 students each, about the same as the Massachusetts median of 509. It spends about $20,678 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% more than the Massachusetts median. It has roughly 12.5 students per teacher.

How Canton compares

CantonMassachusetts median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$20,678

Massachusetts median $18,974 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$13,165

Massachusetts median $11,960 · 10% above · FY2020-21

Students per school552

Massachusetts median 509 · 8% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.5

Massachusetts median 11.9 · 5% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor414

Massachusetts median 372 · 11% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$76.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 25%Local 69%

Measure	Canton	Massachusetts median	Year
Current spending per student	$20,678	$18,974	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$13,165	$11,960	FY2020-21
Total spending	$74.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$76.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	265	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	510	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.5	11.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	414	372	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Massachusetts median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Massachusetts

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
WakefieldWakefield	3,382	7	$18,510	11.5	#77
EastonNorth Easton	3,360	4	$16,647	12.9	#78
CantonCanton · this district	3,314	6	$20,678	12.5	#79
DartmouthDartmouth	3,297	6	$17,133	12.3	#80
MansfieldMansfield	3,283	5	$20,405	11.4	#81

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Estacada School District 108Estacada, OR	3,316	$7,854	25.1
Trinity Area School DistrictWashington, PA	3,316	$15,985	13.4
Fluvanna County Public SchoolsPalmyra, VA	3,315	$12,427	13.9
Centralia School DistrictCentralia, WA	3,313	$13,530	17.3

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ma-canton