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Schools in Canton Township

Canton Township’s public schools

Canton Union School District 66 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Canton Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/5schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 96% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
24%
2020–21
Math proficiency
19%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.5K
▼ 28% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.9
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
5
2,094 students on the public path
In brief

Canton Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Canton Township’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Canton High School places highest (better than 54%); Westview Elementary School lowest (37%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Canton Township, graded from C+ to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Canton High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Canton Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–43 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B−
5–8Ingersoll Middle SchoolCanton Union School District 66B−
9–12Canton High SchoolCanton Union School District 66B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Canton Union School District 66.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Canton Union School District 66Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,094 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 12.9 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$15,539IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading24%
State average 29.9% · 1095 students tested
Math19%
State average 25.8% · 989 students tested

Canton Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Canton Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Canton Township—Canton Union School District 66
OrionC+Canton Union School District 66
BuckheartC+Canton Union School District 66
FarmingtonC−Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265
Joshua—Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 PK–12 · Canton Union School District 66 PK–12 · Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 PK–12
Norris—Canton Union School District 66
Canton (city)C+Canton Union School District 66
Trivoli—Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265

5 of the 7 neighbors share Canton Union School District 66 with Canton Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Canton Township

5 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Canton Townshipby address
Westview Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Canton
C+
377 students15:1Rate it →
Eastview Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Canton
B−
288 students11:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Canton
C+
186 students10:1Rate it →
Ingersoll Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Canton
B−
631 students13:1Rate it →
Canton High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Canton
B−
612 students14:1Rate it →

Left off: 2 public programs with fewer than 25 students (ROYALS Academy Canton and ROYALS RSSP Canton).

Questions about Canton Township’s schools

Are Canton Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Canton Township. Canton Union School District 66 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Canton Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Canton Township in?

Canton Union School District 66.

Where do Canton Township kids go to high school?

Canton High School.

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What Canton Township families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.