High Schools in Canton

Canton, Massachusetts has just one public high school in this data set: Canton High, serving grades 9–12 with 968 students as part of the Canton district. With no other Canton high school to compare against, the most useful benchmarks are the district and the state. The available data cover rank and star ratings, graduation and dropout rates, MCAS Next Generation proficiency in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Biology, per-student spending, and student-teacher ratio. The free/reduced-lunch figure is blank, so it is unavailable rather than zero.

Canton High is a 4-star school and stands out against state benchmarks. It ranked 65th of 353 schools in 2025–2026, placing in the 82nd percentile, up from 81st of 348 in 2023–2024 (77th percentile) — a steady three-year climb while holding its 4-star rating. The Canton district itself ranks 58th of 351 districts, at the 83rd percentile. The school's MCAS proficiency beat the state average in every reported subject in 2025–2026: about 9.7 points higher in ELA, 13.5 in Math, 27.9 in Science, and 29.3 in Biology. Science is clearly the strongest area, at 68.37% proficient versus 40.5% statewide.

Graduation and dropout indicators are favorable: a 96.1% graduation rate and a 1.3% dropout rate, both better than the district's 94.8% and 1.7%. Canton High's scores usually sit only slightly above district results, suggesting a broader district pattern. Comparable 10th-grade ELA, Math and Science scores declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 but remained well above state levels. The student-teacher ratio is 13.1, and per-student spending is $17,513 from 2020–2021, older than the other data and without a comparison point.