Summary:
Zip code 61520 includes five schools in Canton: three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. The four schools with IAR results averaged 57% in ELA and 44% in math in 2025–26, compared with state rates of 56% and 40%; the high school reports separate ACT and PreACT results. The IAR averages cover four schools, not all five. The most important takeaway is that results are uneven across schools, especially in math, despite the four-school average being above the state rate in both subjects.
Westview Elementary School led in all-grades math, with 57% proficiency—17 points above the state—and was nearly tied with Lincoln Elementary School for the top ELA result: 60.5% versus 61.1%. Lincoln also had the strongest fourth-grade results, at 79% in ELA and 60% in math. At the lower end, Eastview Elementary School had the lowest IAR ELA rate, 50%, while Ingersoll Middle School had the lowest math rate, 31%—9 points below the state. Canton High School was below state rates in all three 11th-grade ACT subjects: 42% in ELA, 29% in math and 31% in science, versus 50%, 40% and 48% statewide.
Recent trends favor ELA: the four-school average rose from 49% to 57% between 2024–25 and 2025–26, while the state rate rose from 53% to 56%. The group’s math average edged down from 46% to 44%; Lincoln’s 10-point math decline stood out, while Westview’s math rose 7 points. Canton’s 9th- and 10th-grade PreACT science rates moved the other way, rising to 52% and 51%, above state rates. SchoolDigger ranked Westview in the 63rd percentile and Lincoln in the 53rd, both with 3 stars; the other schools had 2 stars, with percentiles from 37th at Eastview to 46th at Canton High. As context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible figures ranged from 44% at Lincoln to 61% at Eastview; student-teacher ratios ranged from 10.3 at Lincoln to 15.0 at Westview. These measures describe different school profiles, not reasons for results.
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