NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Canonsburg, PA

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7 public K-12 schools in Canonsburg from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
3,911
Students
47.7/100
Avg Resource Index
16:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Canonsburg has more public-school enrollment than 43% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Canon-Mcmillan Shs enrolls 42.4% of Canonsburg's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Canonsburg's 7 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Canonsburg lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 10 to 1,660 students, a 166-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 57%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
80th percentile
Teacher staffing
43rd percentile

Canon-Mcmillan Shs accounts for 42.4% of all Canonsburg public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Canonsburg-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Canonsburg school enrollment varies 166× across entities

Canonsburg school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 1,660 students (highest), a spread of 1,650 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Canonsburg student-teacher ratio is 16.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Canonsburg is typically wider than the Canonsburg-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. North Strabane Intrmd Sch 52
2. Borland Manor El Sch 52
3. Hills-Hendersonville El Sch 51
4. Canon-Mcmillan Shs 47
5. Canonsburg Ms 44
6. South Central El 40
7. Western Area Ctc -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Canonsburg

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 South Central El 41.1/100
  2. 2 Hills-Hendersonville El Sch 34.9/100
  3. 3 Borland Manor El Sch 31.8/100
  4. 4 North Strabane Intrmd Sch 29.3/100
  5. 5 Canon-Mcmillan Shs 28.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Canonsburg?

Which Canonsburg school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

North Strabane Intrmd Sch has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Canonsburg schools in this federal-data comparison at 52/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Canonsburg, PA? ▼

Canonsburg has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,911 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.