Bryce Valley School

Bryce Valley School is one of the rural-scale elementary campuss in TROPIC, Utah, one of the schools within Garfield District, with 157 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 491 students per school, that is 68% leaner than typical.

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

Demographically, Bryce Valley School reports that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 3% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 94%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Garfield County's rate of about 23%.

With demographic context factored in, Bryce Valley School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.3%, the actual is 27.8%, a residual of -15.6 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Garfield County) logs that median household earnings sit near $61,875, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Garfield County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,628 students), of which Bryce Valley School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bryce Valley High, around 0.1 miles off. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bryce Valley School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bryce Valley School has declined 11%, going from 176 students in 2018 to 157 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 17% to 36%.

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