Desert Canyons Elementary

Desert Canyons Elementary is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in SAINT GEORGE, Utah, overseen by Washington District, with 670 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 36% larger than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 491 students.

Desert Canyons Elementary is one of 54 schools operated by Washington District, a district that teaches 37,102 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Desert Canyons Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Desert Canyons Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Washington County's rate of about 29%.

After controlling for student poverty, Desert Canyons Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.8%, the actual is 56.2%, a residual of +6.4 points.

Around the school, Washington County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,632 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Washington County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,356 students), Desert Canyons Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Career Tech High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Desert Canyons Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 58.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Desert Canyons Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.