Elementary · Mississippi
Reuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences
Free meals for allReuben B. Myers Arts & Sciences, a public elementary school in Canton, Mississippi: grades pre-k–5, 378 students, 15.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Canton Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 378
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.0
- Students per teacher
- 15.8
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 65% of elementary schools in Mississippi
Median 14.9 · 423 schools compared
More students per teacher than 63% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 56% of elementary schools in Mississippi
Median 403 · 428 schools compared
Smaller than 58% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Mississippi's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Mississippi: 47%44%proficient
−12.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 58% of elementary schools in Mississippi
Median 48% · 371 elementary schools compared
165 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · MAAP; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Mississippi: 52%40%proficient
+2.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 68% of elementary schools in Mississippi
Median 49% · 371 elementary schools compared
164 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · MAAP; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Canton Public Schools
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Canton Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 357 Old Yazoo Road, Canton, MS 39046
- Phone
- (601)855-7819
- County
- Madison County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
McNeal Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 385 | 17.4 | 32% | 31% |
| K–2 | 87 | 29.0 | — | — | |
Canton Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 411 | 17.1 | 37% | 46% |
Jimmie M Goodloe ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 366 | 15.3 | 44% | 40% |
| K–5 | 761 | 15.9 | 64% | 64% | |
| 3–5 | 578 | 13.8 | 82% | 83% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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