Summary:
Canton, Massachusetts is served by six schools — three elementary, one middle, and two high schools — enrolling 4,103 students in total. Five belong to Canton Public Schools: Canton High, Wm H Galvin Middle, Lt Peter M Hansen, Dean S Luce, and John F Kennedy. The sixth, Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical, is a separate regional vocational-technical district. That split matters for families: the Canton district ranks 58th of 351 (83rd percentile, 4 stars), while Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical ranks 246th of 351 (30th percentile, 2 stars).
Among elementary schools, John F Kennedy stands out, ranking 101st of 899 (89th percentile, 4 stars) and improving from the 74th percentile two years earlier. Its all-grade math score of 71.84% is the highest subject proficiency in the group, well above district 60.42% and state 41.11%. Wm H Galvin Middle is a stable high performer at 77th of 478 (84th percentile), with 8th-grade math at 75.88% versus state 41.67%, though its science (49.78%) trails the district. Canton High ranks 65th of 353 (82nd percentile) with a 96.1% graduation rate, and its science and biology results (68.37% and 66.97%) far exceed state averages. Lt Peter M Hansen (78th percentile) is solid, while Dean S Luce (74th percentile) has slipped and posts the weakest elementary ELA and science.
Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical presents a paradox: the highest graduation rate (98.2%), zero dropout, highest per-student spending ($23,816), and smallest student-teacher ratio (11.0), yet the lowest test proficiency and a rank falling from the 53rd to the 41st percentile. Spending does not track test performance here. Trends diverge overall — John F Kennedy and Canton High are rising, Wm H Galvin Middle is steady, and Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical, Dean S Luce, and Lt Peter M Hansen are declining. Free/reduced-lunch data is missing for every school, limiting equity analysis.
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