📍 151 River Bend Way, Canton, Cherokee County, 30114
J. Knox Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Canton, Cherokee County. The school has 886 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cherokee County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 68.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 48% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
J. Knox Elementary enrolls 886 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 68.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 507 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 289 | 33% |
| Two or more races | 49 | 5.5% |
| Black or African American | 36 | 4.1% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
358 of the school's 886 students (40%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 307 qualify for free lunch and 51 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
J. Knox Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 14, state house district 23.
J. Knox Elementary is one of 37 schools in Cherokee County, based in Canton, Georgia. The district serves 42,031 students district-wide and employs 2,974 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 886 students, J. Knox Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 1,136 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large