Bryce Valley High

Bryce Valley High operates as a minimally staffed senior high in TROPIC, Utah, run under Garfield District. Current enrollment sits at 142 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 86% smaller than the state mean of about 980.

Across the 10 schools in Garfield District (1,628 students total), Bryce Valley High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Bryce Valley High logs that White students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 5% Native American. By comparison, Garfield County as a whole is about 94% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.1:1, putting Bryce Valley High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at Bryce Valley High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Bryce Valley High is in the bottom 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.2%; Bryce Valley High posts 22.6%, -27.6 points below that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Garfield County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,875, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Garfield County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,628 students), of which Bryce Valley High is one.

The closest other public school is Bryce Valley School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bryce Valley High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.6%.

Bryce Valley High operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bryce Valley High's enrollment has edged up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 138 (now 142). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 10% to 29% over that span.

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