Fossil Ridge Intermediate

Fossil Ridge Intermediate operates as a middle-of-the-pack junior high in St. George, Utah, overseen by Washington District. Current enrollment sits at 727 students spanning grades 6 through 7.

Washington District comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 37,102 students; Fossil Ridge Intermediate is among them.

On the student-mix side, Fossil Ridge Intermediate logs that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Fossil Ridge Intermediate has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 48% of students at Fossil Ridge Intermediate qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,632 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,356 students), Fossil Ridge Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Millcreek High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 903 students in 2018 compared to 727 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 74% to 64% over that span.

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