Castle Valley Center

Set in PRICE, Utah, Castle Valley Center is a tiny combined-grade school, run under Carbon District. It serves 95 students across grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 687 students per school, that is 86% below typical.

Within Carbon District, which oversees 9 schools and 3,334 students, Castle Valley Center is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Castle Valley Center reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest reads as 8% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Castle Valley Center has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 19.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Carbon County) records that median household income runs about $58,377, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Castle Valley Center is one of 10 public schools in Carbon County (combined enrollment of about 3,694 students).

Nearest neighbor: Carbon High, around 0.4 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Castle Valley Center's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 98 (now 95). White enrollment moved from 80% to 91% across the same window.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.