Escalante High

Escalante High is a secondary school of minimally staffed scale in ESCALANTE, Utah, overseen by Garfield District, teacheing 66 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 980 students per school, that is 93% smaller than typical.

Across the 10 schools in Garfield District (1,628 students total), Escalante High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Escalante High reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Garfield County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Escalante High logs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.1:1 average. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Escalante High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.0%; this one comes in at 0.0%, -45.0 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Garfield County indicate median household income runs about $61,875, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Garfield County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,628 students), of which Escalante High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Escalante School, around 0.5 miles off. On composite proficiency, Escalante High comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Escalante High's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 65 (now 66).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.