Enrollment
105
Elementary
DISTRICT 62 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PIUTE DISTRICT·NCES 490078000448
Circleville School
300 S CENTER, CIRCLEVILLE, UT 84723 · (435) 577-2912 · Piute County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL105 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Utah public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
10.7:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 33.5:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
61 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 14 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 8% larger than its 6th grade class (13).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
39.0%
UT avg 41.4% . -9.2pp since 2023
Math
37.3%
UT avg 41.8% . -7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.2% | 44.5% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Circleville School
Circleville School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circleville School this school | 105 | 58.1% | 42.6% |
| Minersville School MINERSVILLE | 82 | 53.7% | N/A |
| Myton School MYTON | 120 | 54.2% | 47.9% |
| Spring City School SPRING CITY | 142 | 57.0% | 43.3% |
| Cottonwood School ORANGEVILLE | 115 | 60.0% | N/A |
| Castle Dale School CASTLE DALE | 127 | 52.0% | 52.2% |
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 Circleville School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #353 of 562 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #383 of 578 ▼ 73 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #356 of 578 ▼ 95 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 105 | #581 of 613 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.1% | #64 of 582 |
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
105
+25 (+31%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 88
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 | 105 | 9.9 | 10.7:1 | 58% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 91 | 9.2 | 9.9:1 | 51% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 85 | 8.7 | 9.8:1 | 53% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 80 | N/A | N/A | 69% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 88 | N/A | N/A | 77% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 102 | N/A | N/A | 85% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 106 | 7 | 15.1:1 | 76% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 137 | 7 | 19.6:1 | 67% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 88 | 7 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Circleville School.
About Circleville School
Circleville School is a very small elementary school in CIRCLEVILLE, Utah, one of the schools in Piute District. It enrolls 105 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 8. That puts enrollment 79% below the 491-student average for elementary schools in Utah.
Enrollment across the 6 schools in Piute District totals 453 students.
About 78% of the student body at Circleville School is White. The remaining students are 18% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Piute County, the White share is about 91%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 36, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 9.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Utah, 21.8:1, is higher. A total of 61 students, or 58%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Utah public elementary schools, Circleville School outscored 52%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.4% for Circleville School. The school posts 42.6%, 11.3 points above the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Piute County show that the median household earns about $48,393 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Piute County, 6 public schools serve about 453 students.
Circleville School is less than a tenth of a mile from Circleville Preschool, its nearest public school. Within ten miles are 3 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Circleville School is 2nd of 4 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 80 (2020-21) to 105 (2024-25).
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Piute County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,694
Census ACS
Median income
$48,393
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
453 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Piute District
- Utah Peak AcademyElementary · 161 students
- Piute HighHigh · 141 students
- Oscarson SchoolElementary · 24 students
- Circleville PreschoolElementary · 17 students
- Oscarson PreschoolElementary · 5 students
Nearby schools
- Circleville Preschool0.0 mi · 17
- Utah Peak Academy6.1 mi · 161
- Piute High6.1 mi · 141
- Antimony School15.3 mi · 1
- Oscarson School19.7 mi · 24
- Oscarson Preschool19.7 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About Circleville SchoolHow large is Circleville School?
Circleville School enrolls approximately 105 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Circleville School serve?
Circleville School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Circleville School have?
Circleville School employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Circleville School?
Student demographics at Circleville School are roughly 78% White, 18% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Circleville School?
Circleville School is overseen by Piute District in Piute County.
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