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What advice would you give to incoming students at Canyon View Middle?
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Enrollment
948
Middle
DISTRICT 1,044 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IRON DISTRICT·NCES 490039001122
Canyon View Middle
1865 N MAIN, CEDAR CITY, UT 84721 · (435) 586-2830 · Iron County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL948 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
390 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 309 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 304 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 335 | 35% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
47.1%
UT avg 41.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
44.1%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.1% | 44.1% |
| 2023-24 | 51.1% | 44.1% |
% 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
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 View Middle
Canyon View Middle's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon View Middle this school | 948 | 41.1% | 49.7% |
| Vernal Middle VERNAL | 842 | 36.9% | 44.5% |
| South Ogden Jr High OGDEN | 799 | 36.7% | 34.7% |
| Roosevelt Jr High ROOSEVELT | 787 | 35.5% | 32.2% |
| Mt. Nebo Middle PAYSON | 1,034 | 33.7% | 33.7% |
| Young Intermediate BRIGHAM CITY | 1,003 | 33.3% | 44.6% |
Matched among Utah middle 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 View Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #46 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #59 of 140 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #47 of 140 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 948 | #59 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #24 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.3% | #74 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #39 of 141 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #72 of 77 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
948
+70 (+8%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 839
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 | 948 | 49.9 | 19.0:1 | 41% (390) |
| 2023-24 | 974 | 50 | 19.5:1 | 43% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 989 | 44.4 | 22.3:1 | 43% (429) |
| 2020-21 | 878 | N/A | N/A | 45% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 972 | N/A | N/A | 46% (443) |
| 2015-16 | 904 | N/A | N/A | 49% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 839 | 37 | 22.7:1 | 54% (456) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canyon View Middle.
About Canyon View Middle
Federal records list Canyon View Middle as a middle-grades school in CEDAR CITY, Utah. The school reports 948 students in grades 6 through 8.
Canyon View Middle is part of Iron District, where 18 schools serve 14,125 students.
By race and ethnicity, Canyon View Middle is 78% White. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Iron County is about 87% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Canyon View Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
Canyon View Middle employs 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 19.0:1. That ratio is under the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 41% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Iron County averages 30%, lower than here.
After adjusting for student poverty, Canyon View Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of Utah schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.7%; the prediction is 39.7%.
Across Iron County, median household income is about $66,247, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Canyon View Middle is among the 21 public schools in Iron County.
Canyon View High is the public school closest to Canyon View Middle, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Canyon View Middle is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Canyon View Middle is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 948 was 8% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 878.
Discussions about Canyon View Middle may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Iron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,252
Census ACS
Median income
$66,247
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
15,285 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iron District
- Southwest Educational AcademyCombined · 4,239 students
- Cedar City HighHigh · 1,372 students
- Cedar MiddleMiddle · 1,139 students
- Canyon View HighHigh · 1,021 students
- Three Peaks SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Iron Springs SchoolElementary · 636 students
Other schools in CEDAR CITY
- Southwest Educational AcademyCombined · 4,239 students
- Cedar City HighHigh · 1,372 students
- Cedar MiddleMiddle · 1,139 students
- Canyon View HighHigh · 1,021 students
- Three Peaks SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Iron Springs SchoolElementary · 636 students
Other Canyon View Middle schools
One other US public school is named Canyon View Middle. Canyon View Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Canyon View Middle SchoolHUNTINGTON, UT · 215 students
Nearby schools
- Canyon View High0.2 mi · 1,021
- Fiddlers Canyon School0.5 mi · 515
- American Principles Academy1.4 mi · 204
- Cedar North School2.1 mi · 578
- Cedar East School2.4 mi · 598
- Gateway Preparatory Academy2.5 mi · 732
Frequently asked questions
About Canyon View MiddleHow many students attend Canyon View Middle?
Canyon View Middle enrolls approximately 948 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Canyon View Middle serve?
Canyon View Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Canyon View Middle?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Canyon View Middle.
How diverse is Canyon View Middle?
Canyon View Middle reports a student body of 78% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Canyon View Middle?
Canyon View Middle is overseen by Iron District in Iron County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.