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Best Public Schools in Canton, GA

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At a glance

Schools

21,315

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedHickory Flat Elementary School66^th of 1,219 Georgia elementary schools

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Biggest riser

William G. Hasty- Senior Elementary School up 126 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

William G. Hasty- Senior Elementary School 11.3 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

The city of Canton, Georgia, is served by 19 schools within the Cherokee County School District, a highly rated system (4 stars, 89th percentile statewide) that includes 11 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 4 high schools, enrolling roughly 19,473 students across a mix of suburban and rural settings.

For parents, the standout options are clear. Hickory Flat Elementary School is the top elementary in Canton, ranking 66th in Georgia (95th percentile) with 5th-grade math proficiency at 71.1%, while Creekview High School leads the high schools (46th in the state, 90th percentile) with a 97% graduation rate and 63.6% Algebra I proficiency. Among middle schools, Dean Rusk Middle School is the strongest (58th statewide), and all four Canton middle schools—Dean Rusk, Teasley Middle School, Creekland Middle School, and Freedom Middle School—achieve near-perfect Algebra I proficiency (98.7–100%), far exceeding state averages. However, that math strength doesn't fully carry into high school: Cherokee High School posts just 41.4% Algebra I proficiency and an 82.1% graduation rate, well below Sequoyah High School (94.7% graduation) and Creekview. iGrad Virtual Academy School is the lowest-ranked high school (284th) with only 19.2% Algebra I proficiency, though it has a 92.7% graduation rate and minimal absenteeism.

Notable trends include William G. Hasty- Senior Elementary School, which serves the highest-poverty population (78.4% free/reduced lunch) yet improved 167 spots in state ranking over two years, aided by the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.3). Chronic absenteeism is a concern at Cherokee High (20.9%) and Sequoyah (18.1%), both above the state average, while most elementary schools post excellent attendance. Spending doesn't predict success—top-ranked Hickory Flat spends a modest $13,335 per student, while lower-performing Free Home Elementary School spends $18,606. The eastern cluster of elementary schools (Hickory Flat, Avery Elementary School, Macedonia Elementary School, Sixes Elementary School) consistently ranks in the top 15% statewide, while Teasley Middle School shows a notable weakness in 8th-grade social studies (36.8% proficiency, below the state's 40.2%). Overall, Canton offers strong educational options, but families should weigh significant disparities in high school outcomes and socioeconomic factors when choosing.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2026)	Milestones Assessment Biology (2026)	Milestones Assessment United States History (2026)	Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)						Milestones Assessment Science (2026)		Milestones Assessment Social Studies (2026)	Milestones Assessment HS Physical Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Algebra I End of Course	Milestones Assessment Biology End of Course	Milestones Assessment United States History End of Course	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Social Studies 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment HS Physical Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sixes Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	20 Ridge Rd	Canton	30114	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 721-5840	741	54	13.7	23.6%	537 (72.5%)	29 (3.9%)	104 (14.0%)	21 (2.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (6.3%)	88.5	142^nd of 1219 public elementary schools	88.4%		86	171^st of 1238 public elementary schools	86.2%	29				69.9	67.3	81.3				60.7				$14,937	$428	$14,508
Clayton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	221 Upper Burris Rd	Canton	30114	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 721-5860	290	23	12.4	43.4%	236 (81.4%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (11.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.9%)	75.6	264^th of 1219 public elementary schools	78.3%		79.9	236^th of 1238 public elementary schools	80.9%	28				45.3	75.9	65.2				58.7				$18,162	$302	$17,860
Macedonia Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10370 E Cherokee Dr	Canton	30115	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 704-1372	730	52	14.1	18.6%	602 (82.5%)	19 (2.6%)	61 (8.4%)	7 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	36 (4.9%)	88.5	143^rd of 1219 public elementary schools	88.3%		87.6	155^th of 1238 public elementary schools	87.5%	12				70.7	70.2	74.4				59.3				$14,994	$137	$14,857
Cherokee High School	Public	9-12	930 Marietta Hwy	Canton	30114	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 721-5300	3,012	191	15.7	46.1%	1,574 (52.3%)	247 (8.2%)	1,025 (34.0%)	33 (1.1%)	5 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	126 (4.2%)	56.9	125^th of 455 public high schools	72.5%		57.2	135^th of 451 public high schools	70.1%	10	41.4	54.3	48.1											$12,637	$429	$12,209
Hickory Flat Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2755 E Cherokee Dr	Canton	30115	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 704-1444	890	59	14.9	16.5%	561 (63.0%)	59 (6.6%)	105 (11.8%)	100 (11.2%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (6.9%)	95.4	66^th of 1219 public elementary schools	94.6%		91.2	114^th of 1238 public elementary schools	90.8%	48				82.7	89.8	71.1				70.4				$13,335	$177	$13,157
Dean Rusk Middle School	Public	6-8	2761 E Cherokee Dr	Canton	30115	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 704-1135	1,543	93	16.6	30.2%	1,003 (65.0%)	107 (6.9%)	277 (18.0%)	63 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	92 (6.0%)	87.6	58^th of 578 public middle schools	90.0%		85.1	76^th of 585 public middle schools	87.0%	18	100.0						57.9	55.8	71.8		47.4	66.4	98.4	$12,086	$243	$11,843
Teasley Middle School	Public	6-8	151 Hickory Log Dr	Canton	30114	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 721-5420	1,586	112	14.1	58.6%	777 (49.0%)	110 (6.9%)	606 (38.2%)	12 (0.8%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (4.9%)	55.5	233^rd of 578 public middle schools	59.7%		55.5	236^th of 585 public middle schools	59.7%	3	100.0						29.1	41.4	53.8		31.6	36.8	86.7	$13,565	$849	$12,715
Sequoyah High School	Public	9-12	4485 Hickory Rd	Canton	30115	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 721-3200	2,021	121	16.6	26.3%	1,329 (65.8%)	145 (7.2%)	390 (19.3%)	54 (2.7%)	3 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (4.9%)	71.1	64^th of 455 public high schools	85.9%		77.6	55^th of 451 public high schools	87.8%	9	59.9	57.7	63.5											$13,156	$465	$12,691
Holly Springs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1965 Hickory Rd	Canton	30115	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 704-1420	831	56	14.8	43.0%	525 (63.2%)	58 (7.0%)	170 (20.5%)	11 (1.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (7.8%)	67.6	347^th of 1219 public elementary schools	71.5%		72	308^th of 1238 public elementary schools	75.1%	39				54.0	54.1	54.3				51.1				$14,001	$352	$13,649
Liberty Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10500 Bells Ferry Rd	Canton	30114	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 704-1300	977	69	14.2	40.7%	573 (58.6%)	114 (11.7%)	190 (19.4%)	16 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (8.5%)	69.4	330^th of 1219 public elementary schools	72.9%		71.4	312^th of 1238 public elementary schools	74.8%	18				60.0	58.7	59.1				40.9				$14,894	$334	$14,560
Creekview High School	Public	9-12	1550 Owens Store Rd	Canton	30115	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 704-4400	2,039	125	16.2	19.6%	1,626 (79.7%)	77 (3.8%)	239 (11.7%)	22 (1.1%)	1 (0.0%)	3 (0.1%)	71 (3.5%)	78.3	46^th of 455 public high schools	89.9%		84.4	32^nd of 451 public high schools	92.9%	14	63.6	74.0	59.3											$12,731	$513	$12,218
Avery Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6391 E Cherokee Dr	Canton	30115	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 704-1343	1,104	79	13.9	22.6%	836 (75.7%)	39 (3.5%)	140 (12.7%)	41 (3.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (4.2%)	92.2	106^th of 1219 public elementary schools	91.3%		89.8	131^st of 1238 public elementary schools	89.4%	25				79.8	80.8	69.5				62.0				$13,689	$308	$13,381
Freedom Middle School	Public	6-8	10550 Bells Ferry Rd	Canton	30114	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 704-1100	929	54	17.2	29.7%	643 (69.2%)	77 (8.3%)	136 (14.6%)	17 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (6.0%)	80.9	92^nd of 578 public middle schools	84.1%		80.4	99^th of 585 public middle schools	83.1%	7	100.0						45.1	58.5	66.3		35.6	67.2	100.0	$12,583	$301	$12,282
Creekland Middle School	Public	6-8	1555 Owens Store Rd	Canton	30115	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 704-4460	1,503	91	16.5	21.6%	1,181 (78.6%)	39 (2.6%)	182 (12.1%)	34 (2.3%)	5 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	60 (4.0%)	86.5	64^th of 578 public middle schools	88.9%		85.5	75^th of 585 public middle schools	87.2%	11	98.7						54.2	63.7	69.1		43.7	62.5	91.1	$12,133	$282	$11,851
William G. Hasty- Senior Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	205 Brown Industrial Pkwy	Canton	30114	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 721-6555	1,119	99	11.3	78.4%	268 (23.9%)	90 (8.0%)	718 (64.2%)	7 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (3.1%)	52.1	526^th of 1219 public elementary schools	56.8%		42.4	652^nd of 1238 public elementary schools	47.3%	126				49.1	53.9	41.2				35.4				$16,662	$1,672	$14,990
J. Knox Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	151 River Bend Way	Canton	30114	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 704-1265	909	69	13.2	48.7%	507 (55.8%)	43 (4.7%)	308 (33.9%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (4.8%)	80.1	223^rd of 1219 public elementary schools	81.7%		76.6	262^nd of 1238 public elementary schools	78.8%	39				61.7	61.9	66.4				55.6				$14,892	$410	$14,482
Indian Knoll Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3635 Univeter Rd	Canton	30115	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 721-6600	881	61	14.3	35.3%	571 (64.8%)	51 (5.8%)	183 (20.8%)	13 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (7.0%)	70.3	323^rd of 1219 public elementary schools	73.5%		78.3	252^nd of 1238 public elementary schools	79.6%	71				59.3	47.7	60.3				53.8				$14,393	$282	$14,111
iGrad Virtual Academy School	Public, Virtual	9-12	8871 Knox Bridge Hwy	Canton	30114	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	Yes	No	(770) 721-6680	210	10	21.0	21.4%	147 (70.0%)	14 (6.7%)	32 (15.2%)	5 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.7%)	30.3	284^th of 455 public high schools	37.6%		40.4	229^th of 451 public high schools	49.2%	55	19.2	41.5	25.3
Cherokee Classical Academy School	Public, Charter	K-6	2126 Sixes Road	Canton	30339	Cobb County	State Specialty Schools I- Cherokee Classical Academy School	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(470) 502-9720	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near Canton

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Waleska	6.34 mi	1	165^th
Woodstock	8.19 mi	15	36^th
Ball Ground	9.9 mi	1	53^rd
Acworth	11.59 mi	15	88^th
Marietta	12.32 mi	59	81^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Georgia Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.