Albert R. Lyman Middle

Set in BLANDING, Utah, Albert R. Lyman Middle is a minimally staffed middle-grades school, one of the schools within San Juan District. It hosts 330 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 60% smaller than the state mean of about 831.

Across the 11 schools in San Juan District (2,873 students total), Albert R. Lyman Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Albert R. Lyman Middle shows that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 40% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.7:1 average. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Juan County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Albert R. Lyman Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.9%; this one delivers 35.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Juan County) reports that median household earnings sit near $64,481, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Albert R. Lyman Middle is one of 13 public schools in San Juan County (combined enrollment of about 3,032 students).

The closest other public school is San Juan High, roughly 0.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Albert R. Lyman Middle at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 32.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Albert R. Lyman Middle's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 318 (now 330).

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