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Canton, Texas - 4 schools
An equity score of 19/100 ranks Canton Isd #986 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,998 per pupil, Canton Isd ranks #1171 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,303
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$8,998
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Canton Isd operates 4 public schools serving 2,303 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary 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 Van Zandt County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,998 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 47.9% local, 41.9% state, and 10.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 19/100, ranked #986 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 496:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 11.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.4% White, 17.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Canton El, with a diversity index of 43.5/100.
Its largest campus is Canton H S, enrolling 650 students (28% of the district's total enrollment).
Canton H S accounts for 28.2% of all Canton Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Canton Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Canton Isd student-counselor ratio is 496:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Canton Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 11.9% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Canton Isd has 4 schools, including 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 2,303 students.
How much does Canton Isd spend per student?
Canton Isd spends $8,998 per student. The district has an equity score of 19/100, ranking #986 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Canton Isd?
Canton Isd students are 74.4% White, 17.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Canton Isd?
Canton Isd has an equity score of 19/100, ranking #986 out of 1044 districts in Texas.