Blanding School

Blanding School is a mid-tier elementary-level community in BLANDING, Utah, part of San Juan District. The school instructs 509 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Blanding School is one of 11 schools operated by San Juan District, a district that hosts 2,873 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Blanding School shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 36% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Blanding School records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Juan County (around 73%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Blanding School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.6%, the actual is 38.3%, a residual of +8.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for San Juan County put the typical household earns roughly $64,481 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Blanding School is one of 13 public schools in San Juan County (combined enrollment of about 3,032 students).

San Juan High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Blanding School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 32.0%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 610 students in 2018 compared to 509 in 2025.

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