Desert Hills Middle

Desert Hills Middle operates as a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in SAINT GEORGE, Utah, overseen by Washington District. Current enrollment sits at 909 students spanning grades 8 through 9.

Within Washington District, which oversees 54 schools and 37,102 students, Desert Hills Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Desert Hills Middle records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Beyond that, the school logs 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Washington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Desert Hills Middle has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.1:1. The state averages around 21.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Desert Hills Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.9%; this one delivers 60.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Washington County) shows that median household income runs about $80,632, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Washington County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,356 students), of which Desert Hills Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Washington Preschool, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Desert Hills Middle ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 53.3%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Desert Hills Middle's enrollment has shrank 17% since 2018, when it stood at 1,097 (now 909). White enrollment moved from 90% to 83% across the same window.

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