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What do students at Canyon School actually talk about outside of class?
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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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
789
+117 (+17%) vs 2017
% White
80%
was 77%
% Hispanic
14%
was 18%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Canyon School
Canyon School is an elementary school of expansive scale in HYRUM, Utah, operated by Cache District, enrolling 789 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 61% above the state mean of about 491.
Cache District comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 20,286 students; Canyon School is among them.
On demographics, Canyon School records that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cache County as a whole.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Cache County's rate of about 31%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Canyon School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.5%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Cache County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,665 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Cache County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,291 students), Canyon School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Mountain Crest High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Canyon School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Canyon School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.8%.
Canyon School operates from a suburban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Canyon School's enrollment has grew 17% since 2018, when it stood at 672 (now 789).
On allk12, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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.