Best Public Schools in Canton, IL

Canton, Illinois, has five schools in Canton Union School District 66: three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, serving students from elementary grades through grade 12. The elementary schools’ equal-weighted average was above the state in both subjects in 2025–2026: 57% in ELA versus 56% statewide, and 49% in math versus 40%. But school results varied, especially in math: the spread among elementary schools was 16 percentage points. The most important takeaway is that the elementary average looks strong, but it does not describe every school equally well.

Lincoln Elementary School and Westview Elementary School were nearly tied for all-grades ELA, at 61.1% and 60.5%; both were above the state, while Eastview Elementary School scored 50%, 6 points below. Westview led elementary math at 57%, followed by Lincoln at 48% and Eastview at 42%; all three exceeded the state. At Ingersoll Middle School, ELA was 1 point above the state, but math was 9 points below. Canton High School had a mixed picture: grade 9 and 10 PreACT science scores were 5 and 3 points above the state, while grade 11 ACT science was 17 points below.

Elementary ELA improved overall: the three-school average rose from 49% in 2024–2025 to 57% in 2025–2026, an 8-point increase, while the state rose 3 points. Westview and Eastview improved, but Lincoln’s ELA was nearly unchanged and its math fell 10 points; Westview’s math rose 7 points. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide percentiles were 63 for Westview, 53 for Lincoln and 37 for Eastview, a ranking picture that differs from the close ELA scores. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 50% at Westview, 44% at Lincoln and 61% at Eastview; student–teacher ratios were 15.0, 10.3 and 10.7, respectively. These figures do not line up in a simple way with results: Westview led math despite having the largest enrollment and highest ratio, while Lincoln’s strong ELA came alongside a recent math decline.