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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Ephraim School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH SANPETE DISTRICT·NCES 490096000549
Ephraim School
570 S 300 EAST, EPHRAIM, UT 84627 · (435) 283-4171 · Sanpete County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Utah public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
21.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
297 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 33%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
40%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
48.6%
UT avg 41.4% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
52.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 52.9% |
| 2023-24 | 48.8% | 56.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Utah's top 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 Ephraim School
Ephraim School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephraim School this school | 535 | 55.5% | 53.3% |
| Park School SPANISH FORK | 469 | 57.1% | 40.7% |
| Fillmore School FILLMORE | 483 | 52.8% | 58.8% |
| Mt. Pleasant School MT PLEASANT | 559 | 56.4% | 43.3% |
| Ashley School VERNAL | 442 | 55.9% | 38.4% |
| Lake View School BRIGHAM CITY | 573 | 53.1% | 37.4% |
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 Ephraim School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Sanpete County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #202 of 562 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #193 of 578 ▼ 35 | #4 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #206 of 578 ▲ 43 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #268 of 613 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #313 of 556 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #315 of 559 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.5% | #80 of 582 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #286 of 388 | N/A |
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
535
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 417
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 | 535 | 25 | 21.4:1 | 56% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 25.9 | 21.4:1 | 52% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 26.5 | 19.9:1 | 50% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | N/A | N/A | 48% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | N/A | N/A | 45% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | N/A | N/A | 49% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 569 | 24 | 23.7:1 | 48% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 369 | 18 | 20.5:1 | 43% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 417 | 16 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ephraim School.
About Ephraim School
Ephraim School is one of the public schools in EPHRAIM, Utah. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 535 students in pre-K through 5.
South Sanpete District counts 3,305 students in its 8 schools, and Ephraim School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Ephraim School, about 75 are White. The rest of enrollment is 20% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Sanpete County, the White share is about 86%. The diversity index for Ephraim School is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Ephraim School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1. The 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah is close to this figure. At Ephraim School, 56% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Ephraim School lands at A-, ahead of 79% of Utah public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Ephraim School would score about 32.6%. It scores 53.3%, a top-10% result among Utah schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Sanpete County show median household income comes to about $70,083, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 16 public schools and about 6,011 students.
Ephraim Middle sits about 0.1 miles from Ephraim School. There are 4 other public schools within ten miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Ephraim School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Remote.
The school's size has been steady, with 534 students in 2020-21 and 535 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Ephraim School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Sanpete County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,719
Census ACS
Median income
$70,083
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
6,011 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Sanpete District
- Manti HighHigh · 690 students
- Gunnison Valley SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Ephraim MiddleMiddle · 495 students
- Manti SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Gunnison Valley HighHigh · 319 students
- Gunnison Valley MiddleMiddle · 262 students
Nearby schools
- Ephraim Middle0.1 mi · 495
- Manti High6.1 mi · 690
- South Sanpete Education Support Center6.6 mi · 12
- Manti School6.7 mi · 408
- Spring City School10.3 mi · 142
- North Sanpete Middle12.0 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Ephraim SchoolHow many students attend Ephraim School?
Ephraim School enrolls approximately 535 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ephraim School serve?
Ephraim School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ephraim School?
Approximately 21.4:1 students per teacher at Ephraim School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ephraim School?
At Ephraim School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 20% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Ephraim School public or private?
Ephraim School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Sanpete District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.