At $23,195 per pupil, Canaan School District ranks #32 of 102 Vermont districts by per-pupil spending (Vermont districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Canaan School District operates 1 public schools serving 169 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Vermont. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Essex County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,195 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 102 Vermont districts by per-pupil spending. See how Vermont compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 28.5% local, 70.2% state, and 1.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 184:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 34.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.9% White, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Canaan Schools, enrolling 184 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Canaan Schools accounts for 100.0% of all Canaan School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Canaan School District a distant remainder — means Canaan School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Canaan School District student-counselor ratio is 184:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Canaan School District chronic absenteeism rate is 34.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Canaan School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 169 students.
How much does Canaan School District spend per student?
Canaan School District spends $23,195 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Canaan School District?
Canaan School District students are 92.9% White, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% African American, 1.1% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.