Schools · Cañon

Cañon, CO schools

Cañon’s public schools score close to Colorado’s averages: 46% of students are proficient in reading against 47% statewide, and 86% of high schoolers graduate on time against 81.7%. Kids attend one of 4 schools through grade 8, then Harrison School or Canon City Middle School or Canon Exploratory School and Canon City High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B+School Grade #63Best schools in CO (of 142)#73Highest graduation rate in CO (of 142)

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Cañon’s School Grade: B+

The public schools Cañon’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 66% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

BTest scoresB-Graduation

Colorado school districts we grade (161)Better than 66%

Lower resultsHigher results

Colorado towns with similar household incomes (131)Better than 70%

High confidence. Built on 951 tested students and a graduating class of 237; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Colorado’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Colorado only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Colorado with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Cañon kids go to school

Grades K–8

4 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Fremont RE-1 school district

Grades 8

C+Harrison School or BCanon City Middle School or A-Canon Exploratory School Depends on your address Fremont RE-1 school district

Grades 9–12

BCanon City High School 936 students · Canon City Fremont RE-1 school district

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades K–12, Fremont RE-1)46%

State average 47%

Math (grades K–12, Fremont RE-1)24%

State average 30.4%

Graduation · class of 2020

86% graduate on time

Graduation rate

86%

CO: 81.7%

Graduating class

237

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #73 of 142 CO towns →

Districts

The district serving Cañon

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Fremont RE-1 school districtGrades PK–12 · 8 schools · 3,191 students

$15,444 per studentCO $15,889B+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Cañon

There’s no college within 30 miles of Cañon. The closest is Pikes Peak State College in Colorado Springs, CO, 32.3 miles away.

Pikes Peak State CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Colorado Springs32.3 mi8,871 students

Colorado Academy of Veterinary TechnologyCareer school · For-profit · Colorado Springs33.7 mi25 students

Pueblo Community CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Pueblo34 mi5,406 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Cañon. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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