Ashley School

As a mid-tier elementary-level community in VERNAL, Utah, Ashley School hosts 442 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Uintah District.

Within Uintah District, which oversees 13 schools and 6,687 students, Ashley School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Ashley School records that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Ashley School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Ashley School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Uintah County (around 36%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Ashley School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 38.4%, a residual of +6.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Uintah County shows median household earnings sit near $73,746, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Uintah County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,403 students), of which Ashley School is one.

The closest other public school is Uintah Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ashley School. On composite proficiency, Ashley School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.1%.

Ashley School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ashley School has edged down 22%, going from 567 students in 2018 to 442 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 69% across the same window.

On allk12, members of the Ashley School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.