Edith Bowen Laboratory School

As a close-knit primary school in LOGAN, Utah, Edith Bowen Laboratory School teaches 359 students from grades K through 6, operated by Edith Bowen Laboratory School. Compared to the state average of about 491 students per school, that is 27% below typical.

Edith Bowen Laboratory School is the operating authority for Edith Bowen Laboratory School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Edith Bowen Laboratory School logs that nearly all students (84%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. Compared to Cache County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Edith Bowen Laboratory School reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cache County (around 31%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Edith Bowen Laboratory School sits in the top 10% of Utah schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.1%; actual is 77.9%, +27.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cache County indicate median household earnings sit near $81,665, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Cache County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,291 students), of which Edith Bowen Laboratory School is one.

Hillcrest School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edith Bowen Laboratory School. On composite proficiency, Edith Bowen Laboratory School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 43.3%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Edith Bowen Laboratory School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 358 students in 2018 compared to 359 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 80% to 84%.

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