Summary:
Elementary schools in the Canaan area of Indiana are served by a single school: Canaan Community Academy, which is also its own district, Canaan Community Academy. The school enrolls 195 students, and although it is counted at the elementary level, its listed grade span is K–8, so it includes middle grades as well. Its student-teacher ratio is 13:1, per-student spending is $9,959, and 19.49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
There is encouraging news. The school improved from 0 stars and the 8th percentile in 2023–2024 to 2 stars and the 30th percentile in 2025–2026, gaining 220 rank positions. Science is comparatively strong: 4th-grade Science was 44.44% proficient versus 43.8% statewide, 6th-grade Science was 40% versus 41.2%, and all-grade Science rose from 38.24% to 42.42%. Fifth-grade Social Studies was a dramatic bright spot at 53.85%, above the state's 47.2% and up from 4.35% the year before, though small cohorts can swing widely. Fourth-grade Math, at 50%, was close to the state's 52%.
Concerns remain. Chronic absenteeism was 39.2%, more than double the state's 16.7%. Math proficiency drops sharply in grades 5 and 6 — 7.69% and 6.67%, roughly 33–34 points below state — and 3rd-grade Math was 20% versus 51.9%. ELA trailed the state in grades 3 through 6 by about 11 to 26 percentage points. Seventh- and 8th-grade ELA and Math results are not reported, so middle-grade performance cannot be fully judged. The district rank is 279 of 374, placing it in the bottom quartile.
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