Enrollment
200
Elementary
DISTRICT 160 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMERY DISTRICT·NCES 490027000181
Ferron School
115 W MILL RD, FERRON, UT 84523 · (435) 384-2383 · Emery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Utah public elementary schools
- ATest 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
20.0:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
102 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 33%
Community
0
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 | 26 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
61.2%
UT avg 41.4% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
74.5%
UT avg 41.8% . +9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.2% | 74.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 64.8% |
% 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
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+32.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 32 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 Ferron School
Ferron School's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferron School this school | 200 | 51.0% | 67.3% |
| Fairview School FAIRVIEW | 235 | 50.2% | 51.8% |
| Fountain Green School FOUNTAIN GREEN | 167 | 50.3% | 57.8% |
| Cleveland School CLEVELAND | 169 | 55.6% | 53.1% |
| Valley School ORDERVILLE | 162 | 45.1% | 61.1% |
| Loa School LOA | 254 | 52.4% | 53.0% |
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 Ferron School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Emery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #48 of 562 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #19 of 578 ▲ 54 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #58 of 578 ▲ 58 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #559 of 613 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #184 of 556 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #556 of 559 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.0% | #122 of 582 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #200 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
200
-20 (-9%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 456
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 | 200 | 10 | 20.0:1 | 51% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 10.1 | 22.6:1 | 53% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 212 | 9 | 23.6:1 | 53% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 220 | N/A | N/A | 52% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 241 | N/A | N/A | 53% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 264 | N/A | N/A | 55% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 304 | 14 | 21.7:1 | 58% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 263 | 17 | 15.5:1 | 52% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 20 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ferron School.
About Ferron School
Located in FERRON, Utah, Ferron School is a low-enrollment elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 200 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Utah is about 491, so this school runs 59% smaller than that.
Ferron School is one school in a 10-school district, Emery District, which enrolls 2,091 students.
White students are the large majority at Ferron School, with 94% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 3% Native American and 2% Hispanic. The county population is about 93% White, within a few points of the school. Ferron School has a diversity index of 12%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 10 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 20.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Utah is 21.8:1, higher than at this school. Ferron School reports 51% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Ferron School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Utah public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Ferron School is 34.9%. It actually posts 67.3%, which is 32.4 points higher and in the top 10% of Utah schools.
Emery County has about 10,046 residents, and median household income is about $74,291, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Emery County number 10 and enroll about 2,091.
The next-closest public school is San Rafael Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. Ferron School ranks 1st of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 67.3% against a local average of 44.5%.
Locale data from NCES put Ferron School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
Federal counts put enrollment at 220 in 2020-21 and 200 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Emery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,046
Census ACS
Median income
$74,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,091 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Emery District
- Emery HighHigh · 614 students
- Huntington SchoolElementary · 224 students
- San Rafael Middle SchoolMiddle · 221 students
- Canyon View Middle SchoolMiddle · 215 students
- Cleveland SchoolElementary · 169 students
- Castle Dale SchoolElementary · 127 students
Nearby schools
- San Rafael Middle School0.7 mi · 221
- Cottonwood School10.3 mi · 115
- Castle Dale School11.0 mi · 127
- Emery High11.2 mi · 614
- Huntington School18.7 mi · 224
- Canyon View Middle School19.0 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About Ferron SchoolHow large is Ferron School?
Ferron School enrolls approximately 200 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ferron School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ferron School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Ferron School have?
Ferron School employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Ferron School?
Student demographics at Ferron School are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Ferron School?
Ferron School is overseen by Emery District in Emery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.