Regular local school district · Madison County
Canton Public Schools, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Canton Public Schools runs 9 public schools with 3,157 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.7 students per teacher is about the same as the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 3,157
- Teachers (FTE)
- 215
- Students per teacher
- 14.7
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 403 East Lincoln Street, Canton, MS 39046
- Phone
- (601)859-4110
- County
- Madison County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2800900
- State district ID
- MS-4520
- Total staff (FTE)
- 448
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 287 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 35.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.7
Mississippi14.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,207), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $40.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.2 million
- State revenue
- $16.3 million
- Local revenue
- $17.3 million
- Total spending
- $36.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,428
- Salaries
- $18.3 million50.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $53.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.6%
- State: 39.9%
- Local: 42.4%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,428
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Canton Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Canton Career Center | High | 10 to 12 | 0 | |
| Canton Educational Services Center | Other | 4 to 12 | 0 | |
| Canton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 411 | 17.1 |
| Canton High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 899 | 18.0 |
| Huey L Porter MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 356 | 13.2 |
| Jimmie M Goodloe ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 366 | 15.9 |
| McNeal Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 385 | 17.5 |
| Nichols Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 362 | 12.9 |
| Reuben B. Myers Arts & SciencesCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 378 | 15.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Madison County
- Madison County Schools 12,926 students
- Sr1 College Prep & STEM Academy 87 students
More in Mississippi
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.