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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UINTAH DISTRICT·NCES 490108000580
Ashley School
350 N 1150 W, VERNAL, UT 84078 · (435) 781-3170 · Uintah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
247 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.7%
UT avg 41.4% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
39.6%
UT avg 41.8% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.7% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.2% | 34.8% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ashley School
Ashley School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley School this school | 442 | 55.9% | 38.4% |
| Park School SPANISH FORK | 469 | 57.1% | 40.7% |
| Fillmore School FILLMORE | 483 | 52.8% | 58.8% |
| Ephraim School EPHRAIM | 535 | 55.5% | 53.3% |
| Red Mountain School IVINS | 447 | 53.9% | 33.6% |
| Washington Terrace School OGDEN | 433 | 55.7% | 29.1% |
Matched among Utah elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ashley School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Uintah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #395 of 562 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #363 of 578 ▲ 52 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #344 of 578 ▲ 90 | #4 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #405 of 613 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #53 of 556 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #223 of 559 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.9% | #77 of 582 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #146 of 388 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
442
-40 (-8%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 442 | 25.5 | 17.3:1 | 56% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 24.4 | 20.7:1 | 56% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 25 | 20.7:1 | 58% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | N/A | N/A | 55% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | N/A | N/A | 60% (341) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | N/A | N/A | 57% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 22 | 19.2:1 | 58% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 18 | 21.0:1 | 43% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 18 | 28.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ashley School.
About Ashley School
Ashley School is a medium-sized elementary school for students in VERNAL, Utah. The school's enrollment of 442 students covers kindergarten through 5.
Uintah District is responsible for 13 schools, Ashley School included, with 6,687 students in all.
Ashley School is 69% White by enrollment. Other students are 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Native American. By comparison, Uintah County residents are about 84% White. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.3:1, with 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Ashley School is 56%. On average, public schools in Uintah County report 36%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Ashley School would be expected to post about 32.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Uintah County, the median household income is $73,746, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Uintah County is home to 16 public schools and about 7,403 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Uintah Middle School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Ashley School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 38.4% average proficiency ranks 5th among 6 nearby schools.
Ashley School is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 442, an 8% decrease from 482 in 2020-21.
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Uintah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,056
Census ACS
Median income
$73,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Uintah District
- Uintah HighHigh · 1,843 students
- Vernal MiddleMiddle · 842 students
- Discovery SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Uintah Middle SchoolMiddle · 579 students
- Maeser SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Naples SchoolElementary · 456 students
Other schools in VERNAL
- Uintah HighHigh · 1,843 students
- Vernal MiddleMiddle · 842 students
- Discovery SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Terra AcademyCombined · 595 students
- Uintah Middle SchoolMiddle · 579 students
- Maeser SchoolElementary · 473 students
Nearby schools
- Uintah Middle School0.2 mi · 579
- Vernal Middle0.6 mi · 842
- Uintah Online School0.7 mi · 37
- Ashley Valley Educ. Ctr.0.7 mi · 287
- Uintah High0.9 mi · 1,843
- Terra Academy1.0 mi · 595
Frequently asked questions
About Ashley SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ashley School?
Ashley School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ashley School serve?
Ashley School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Ashley School have?
Ashley School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Ashley School?
Student demographics at Ashley School are roughly 69% White, 20% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Ashley School?
Ashley School is overseen by Uintah District in Uintah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.