1
What do students at Canyon School actually talk about outside of class?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
789
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CACHE DISTRICT·NCES 490012001064
Canyon School
270 S 1300 E, HYRUM, UT 84319 · (435) 792-7684 · Cache County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL789 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
330 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 99 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (99).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.8%
UT avg 41.4% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
48.6%
UT avg 41.8% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.8% | 48.6% |
| 2023-24 | 45.9% | 47.2% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Canyon School
Canyon School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon School this school | 789 | 41.8% | 47.5% |
| Summit School SMITHFIELD | 705 | 42.3% | 60.1% |
| North Park School TREMONTON | 661 | 43.7% | 41.6% |
| Hurricane Intermediate HURRICANE | 723 | 37.5% | 43.3% |
| Three Peaks School CEDAR CITY | 646 | 40.6% | 45.0% |
| Golden Spike Elementary BRIGHAM CITY | 924 | 36.1% | 41.8% |
Matched among Utah elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Canyon School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Cache County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #280 of 562 | #22 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #243 of 578 ▲ 19 | #20 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #298 of 578 ▼ 2 | #24 of 28 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 789 | #44 of 613 | #1 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #505 of 556 | #25 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #380 of 559 | #12 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.8% | #204 of 582 | #9 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.4% | #34 of 128 | #3 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
789
+125 (+19%) vs 2020
+47% since 2010-11, when it was 538
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 789 | 32.5 | 24.3:1 | 42% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 761 | 30.4 | 25.0:1 | 41% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 752 | 30.4 | 24.7:1 | 41% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 664 | N/A | N/A | 49% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 672 | N/A | N/A | 47% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | N/A | N/A | 46% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 23 | 23.4:1 | 46% (248) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canyon School.
About Canyon School
The public elementary school Canyon School is located in HYRUM, Utah. A federal count lists 789 students at the school, in pre-K through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Utah) has about 491 students.
Cache District oversees Canyon School and 25 other schools, with 20,286 students in total.
Most students at Canyon School are White: 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 84% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Canyon School comes in at 34%.
With 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Canyon School was 24.3:1. The 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 42%. On average, public schools in Cache County report 31%.
On BeatsExpectations, Canyon School is 8.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Utah schools.
Cache County has about 140,046 residents, and median household income is about $81,665, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 44 public schools in Cache County, with a combined enrollment of about 28,291.
The shortest distance from Canyon School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Mountain Crest High. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Canyon School is 7th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 664 in 2020-21 and 789 in 2024-25, a gain of 125 students.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cache County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
140,046
Census ACS
Median income
$81,665
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
28,291 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cache District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Green Canyon High SchoolHigh · 1,677 students
- Sky View HighHigh · 1,600 students
- Mountain Crest HighHigh · 1,547 students
- North Cache Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,194 students
- South Cache Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,143 students
Other schools in HYRUM
- Mountain Crest HighHigh · 1,547 students
- South Cache Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,143 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 492 students
Other Canyon schools
One other US public school is named Canyon. Canyon School is the largest of the 2.
- Canyon SchoolSPANISH FORK, UT · 457 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain Crest High0.5 mi · 1,547
- Lincoln School1.8 mi · 492
- South Cache Middle School2.5 mi · 1,143
- Millville School3.6 mi · 493
- Heritage School3.7 mi · 724
- Ridgeline High School4.0 mi · 1,894
Frequently asked questions
About Canyon SchoolHow large is Canyon School?
Canyon School enrolls approximately 789 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Canyon School serve?
Canyon School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Canyon School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Canyon School is approximately 24.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Canyon School?
At Canyon School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 14% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Canyon School public or private?
Canyon School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cache District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.