Gunnison Valley School

Gunnison Valley School is a moderately sized elementary campus in GUNNISON, Utah, run under South Sanpete District. The school hosts 584 students in grades pre-K through 5.

South Sanpete District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,305 students. Gunnison Valley School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Gunnison Valley School reports that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Sanpete County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Gunnison Valley School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.5:1. The state averages about 21.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Gunnison Valley 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 34.7%; Gunnison Valley School posts 52.5%, +17.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sanpete County put the typical household earns roughly $70,083 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sanpete County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,011 students), Gunnison Valley School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Gunnison Valley Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Gunnison Valley School. On composite proficiency, Gunnison Valley School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Gunnison Valley School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 584).

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