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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
200
-41 (-17%) vs 2017
% White
94%
was 99%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Ferron School
Ferron School is a low-enrollment elementary school in FERRON, Utah, run under Emery District. The school serves 200 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 59% leaner than the state mean of about 491.
Emery District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 2,091 students; Ferron School is among them.
On the student-mix side, Ferron School logs that nearly all students (94%) are White; the rest consists of 3% Native American, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Emery County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, Ferron School records 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.0:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ferron School ranks in the top 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 34.9%; Ferron School posts 67.3%, +32.4 points above that line.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Emery County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,291 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Emery County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,091 students), of which Ferron School is one.
San Rafael Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Ferron School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.5%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ferron School has ticked down 17%, going from 241 students in 2018 to 200 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 99% to 94% across the same window.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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.