Enrollment
66
High
DISTRICT 119 · STATE 980
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARFIELD DISTRICT·NCES 490030000186
Escalante High
800 E HIGHWAY 12, ESCALANTE, UT 84726 · (435) 826-4205 · Garfield County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL66 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Utah public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 21.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
20 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 33%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 11 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 10 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 15 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 9 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 8 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 13 | 20% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
0.0%
UT avg 41.4%
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 0 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Utah average is about 41 of 100.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
0.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-45.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 0% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Escalante High
Escalante High's state test result (0.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escalante High this school | 66 | 30.3% | 0.0% |
| Tabiona High TABIONA | 74 | 25.7% | 0.0% |
| Valley High ORDERVILLE | 154 | 29.2% | 51.5% |
| Rich High RANDOLPH | 162 | 28.4% | 42.0% |
| Tintic High EUREKA | 142 | 31.0% | 22.7% |
| Launch High CEDAR CITY | 196 | 27.6% | 59.9% |
Matched among Utah high 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 Escalante High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Utah |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 66 | #177 of 189 |
Ranked against other public high 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
66
-10 (-13%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 106
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 | 66 | 7.2 | 9.1:1 | 30% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 71 | 7.1 | 10.0:1 | 51% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 74 | 7.2 | 10.3:1 | 36% (27) |
| 2020-21 | 76 | N/A | N/A | 49% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 65 | N/A | N/A | 49% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 67 | N/A | N/A | 40% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 84 | 6 | 14.0:1 | 48% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 131 | 9 | 14.6:1 | 42% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 106 | 9 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Escalante High.
About Escalante High
In ESCALANTE, Utah, part of Garfield County, Escalante High is a high school. Federal data show 66 students enrolled in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 980 students for high schools in Utah.
Garfield District includes 10 schools. Together they enroll 1,628 students.
The share of students at Escalante High who are White is 92%. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic. Garfield County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 14% means there is a 14% chance two randomly chosen students at Escalante High are from different groups.
Escalante High has 7.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1. The school's 9.1:1 compares with an average of 21.1:1 for high schools in Utah. The school has 30% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Utah public high schools, Escalante High outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Escalante High is -45.0 points, in the bottom 10% of Utah. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 0.0%, and the predicted rate is 45.0%.
The county, Garfield County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $61,875 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Garfield County has 10 public schools with about 1,628 students, including Escalante High.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Escalante School, is the closest to Escalante High. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Escalante High ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Escalante High is Rural: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Escalante High had a net loss of 10 students, or 13%.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Escalante High. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Garfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,219
Census ACS
Median income
$61,875
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,628 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garfield District
- Garfield OnlineElementary · 705 students
- Panguitch SchoolElementary · 240 students
- Bryce Valley SchoolElementary · 157 students
- Panguitch HighHigh · 149 students
- Bryce Valley HighHigh · 142 students
- Escalante SchoolElementary · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Escalante School0.5 mi · 105
- Boulder School13.3 mi · 7
- Bryce Valley School29.3 mi · 157
- Bryce Valley High29.4 mi · 142
- Antimony School33.1 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About Escalante HighHow many students attend Escalante High?
Escalante High enrolls approximately 66 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Escalante High serve?
Escalante High serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Escalante High?
Approximately 9.1:1 students per teacher at Escalante High.
How diverse is Escalante High?
Escalante High reports a student body of 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian.
What district is Escalante High in?
Escalante High is part of Garfield District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.