Bluff School

Bluff School, a very small K-5 school in BLUFF, Utah, operated by San Juan District, serves 82 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 491 students per school, that is 83% below typical.

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

In terms of who attends, Bluff School lists that 94% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. Other groups include 2% White, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Juan County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for San Juan County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,481, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Bluff School is one of 13 public schools in San Juan County (combined enrollment of about 3,032 students).

Whitehorse High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 13.9 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bluff School has ticked down 24%, going from 108 students in 2018 to 82 in 2025.

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