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Canton High
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Canton High

PublicHighGrades 9–12

900 Washington Street, Canton, MA 02021 · (781) 821-5050 · Part of Canton School District

Canton’s School Grade B+ better than 71% of Massachusetts school districts

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Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
968
Students per teacher
13:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Canton High

  • Its own letter, A: reading and math results near the top of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 30 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 33 pts above the state

On the path

Where Canton kids come from and go next. The whole path →

6–8Wm H Galvin Middle716 students
9–12Canton HighYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency67%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts82%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, A, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

900 Washington Street, Canton

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9240
Grade 10233
Grade 11266
Grade 12223
Ungraded6
Enrollment over time
951’20
903’21
904’22
931’23
968’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 60%Black 16%Asian 12%Hispanic 6%Two or more races 5%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Canton High from Canton families.

Other schools in Canton School District

The district →
Rodman Early Childhood Center
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Canton
121 students13:1
Lt Peter M Hansen
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Canton
B+
538 students14:1
Dean S Luce
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Canton
A−
509 students13:1
John F Kennedy
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Canton
A−
462 students13:1
Wm H Galvin Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Canton
B
716 students11:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Canton’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.