Enrollment
127
Elementary
DISTRICT 160 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMERY DISTRICT·NCES 490027000175
Castle Dale School
195 E 600 N, CASTLE DALE, UT 84513 · (435) 381-5221 · Emery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL127 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Utah public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
66 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 33%
Community
0
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 | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (17).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
53.9%
UT avg 41.4% . +14.5pp since 2023
Math
53.9%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 53.9% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 53.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Utah's top 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 Castle Dale School
Castle Dale School's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Dale School this school | 127 | 52.0% | 52.2% |
| South Rich School RANDOLPH | 104 | 52.9% | 56.7% |
| Fountain Green School FOUNTAIN GREEN | 167 | 50.3% | 57.8% |
| Cleveland School CLEVELAND | 169 | 55.6% | 53.1% |
| Spring City School SPRING CITY | 142 | 57.0% | 43.3% |
| Escalante School ESCALANTE | 105 | 44.8% | 32.7% |
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 Castle Dale School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Emery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #217 of 562 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #180 of 578 ▲ 16 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #134 of 578 ▲ 244 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 127 | #572 of 613 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.0% | #112 of 582 | #5 of 6 |
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
127
-36 (-22%) vs 2020
-66% since 1990-91, when it was 374
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 | 127 | 7 | 18.1:1 | 52% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 133 | 8.5 | 15.7:1 | 40% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 145 | 8 | 18.1:1 | 48% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 163 | N/A | N/A | 51% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 177 | N/A | N/A | 46% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 221 | N/A | N/A | 39% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 207 | 9 | 23.0:1 | 47% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 208 | 10 | 20.8:1 | 44% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 19 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Castle Dale School.
About Castle Dale School
As a very small elementary school, Castle Dale School serves students in CASTLE DALE, Utah. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 127 students. Elementary schools in Utah have about 491 students on average; enrollment here is 74% lower.
Enrollment across the 10 schools in Emery District totals 2,091 students.
The share of White students at Castle Dale School is 91%. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Emery County overall, the White share is about 93%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.1:1. The school has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah is 3.7 students per teacher. In all, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Utah public elementary schools, Castle Dale School outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school in Utah with Castle Dale School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 34.4%. Castle Dale School scores 52.2%.
Emery County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $74,291, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Emery County's 10 public schools enroll about 2,091 students and include Castle Dale School.
Emery High, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. By average proficiency, Castle Dale School is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 36 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Emery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,046
Census ACS
Median income
$74,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,091 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Emery District
- Emery HighHigh · 614 students
- Huntington SchoolElementary · 224 students
- San Rafael Middle SchoolMiddle · 221 students
- Canyon View Middle SchoolMiddle · 215 students
- Ferron SchoolElementary · 200 students
- Cleveland SchoolElementary · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Emery High0.5 mi · 614
- Cottonwood School1.9 mi · 115
- Huntington School7.9 mi · 224
- Canyon View Middle School8.3 mi · 215
- Ferron School11.0 mi · 200
- San Rafael Middle School11.7 mi · 221
Frequently asked questions
About Castle Dale SchoolHow large is Castle Dale School?
Castle Dale School enrolls approximately 127 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Castle Dale School serve?
Castle Dale School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Castle Dale School have?
Castle Dale School employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Castle Dale School?
At Castle Dale School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is Castle Dale School public or private?
Castle Dale School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Emery District.
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