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Schools in Canaan

Canaan’s public schools

Canaan School District and Essex North Supervisory Union have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Canaan. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/1schools above Vermont’s middle

Each public school’s letter compares its own results with the state’s other public schools. How TownRatings grades schools

Spent per student
$31.0K
▲ 24% vs VT $25.1K
FY2024 · Canaan
Students per teacher
7.1
VT 11.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
184 students on the public path
In brief

Canaan’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Canaan’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Vermont’s 269 public schools. Canaan Schools places highest (better than 36%); Canaan Schools lowest (36%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, 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 Canaan, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–12Canaan SchoolsCanaan School DistrictC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Canaan School District.

Two districts serve Canaan

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

Canaan School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 1 schools · 184 students, up 9% since 2022–23 · 7.1 per teacher (VT 11.3)
$30,975VT $25,064 · FY2024
Essex North Supervisory UnionGrades · 0 schools · 0 students
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading · , Essex North Supervisory Union47%
State average 44.4% · 101 students tested
Math · , Essex North Supervisory Union42%
State average 33.1% · 102 students tested

Canaan vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Vermont towns that share Canaan’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Canaan—Canaan PK–12 · Essex North Supervisory Union
Lemington—Northeast Kingdom Choice · Essex North Supervisory Union

Clarksville, NH, Colebrook, NH, Pittsburg, NH and Stewartstown, NH border Canaan but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Canaan

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

District schools in Canaanby address
Canaan Schools
Grades PK–12
C+
184 students7:1Rate it →

Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (Canaan High School CTE Program).

Questions about Canaan’s schools

Are Canaan’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Canaan. Canaan School District and Essex North Supervisory Union have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Canaan. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Vermont’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Canaan in?

Canaan School District and Essex North Supervisory Union.

Where do Canaan kids go to high school?

Canaan Schools.

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What Canaan families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, 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.