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What's the most underrated thing about Gunnison Valley School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
584
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH SANPETE DISTRICT·NCES 490096000551
Gunnison Valley School
550 S 100 E, GUNNISON, UT 84634 · (435) 528-7880 · Sanpete County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Utah public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
21.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
300 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 33%
Community
1
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 | 47 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
44.2%
UT avg 41.4% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
55.7%
UT avg 41.8% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 55.7% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 50.8% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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 18 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 Gunnison Valley School
Gunnison Valley School's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnison Valley School this school | 584 | 51.4% | 52.5% |
| Mt. Pleasant School MT PLEASANT | 559 | 56.4% | 43.3% |
| Belknap School BEAVER | 451 | 51.2% | 48.6% |
| Ephraim School EPHRAIM | 535 | 55.5% | 53.3% |
| Lewiston School LEWISTON | 506 | 45.3% | 66.4% |
| Gateway Preparatory Academy ENOCH | 732 | 53.6% | 37.1% |
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 Gunnison Valley School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Sanpete County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #213 of 562 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #155 of 578 ▲ 66 | #1 of 8 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #279 of 578 ▼ 7 | #5 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #205 of 613 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #320 of 556 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.4% | #437 of 559 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.4% | #119 of 582 | #6 of 8 |
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
584
+78 (+15%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 592
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 | 584 | 27.2 | 21.5:1 | 51% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 26.2 | 21.1:1 | 47% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 25.7 | 21.2:1 | 54% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | N/A | N/A | 44% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 584 | N/A | N/A | 50% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | N/A | N/A | 51% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 24 | 23.5:1 | 53% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 20 | 24.1:1 | 55% (265) |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 24 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gunnison Valley School.
About Gunnison Valley School
Gunnison Valley School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in GUNNISON, Utah. The school counts 584 students across pre-K through 5.
South Sanpete District has a total of 8 schools and 3,305 students, Gunnison Valley School among them.
Gunnison Valley School enrolls a student body that is 83% White. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. For comparison, Sanpete County is about 86% White. Gunnison Valley School has a diversity index of 29%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Gunnison Valley School counts 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 21.5 students for each one. Elementary schools in Utah have a similar average ratio of 21.8:1. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Sanpete County, the average is about the same, 51%.
Gunnison Valley School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Utah public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Gunnison Valley School is in the top 10% of Utah schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.7%. The school's actual rate is 52.5%, 17.8 points higher.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sanpete County show that median household income is about $70,083, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 16 public schools in Sanpete County, with a combined enrollment of about 6,011.
Of nearby public schools, Gunnison Valley Middle is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Gunnison Valley School ranks 1st on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Remote.
Gunnison Valley School had 506 students in 2020-21 and 584 in 2024-25, a 15% gain.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Sanpete County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,719
Census ACS
Median income
$70,083
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
6,011 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Sanpete District
- Manti HighHigh · 690 students
- Ephraim SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Ephraim MiddleMiddle · 495 students
- Manti SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Gunnison Valley HighHigh · 319 students
- Gunnison Valley MiddleMiddle · 262 students
Other schools in GUNNISON
- Gunnison Valley HighHigh · 319 students
- Gunnison Valley MiddleMiddle · 262 students
Nearby schools
- Gunnison Valley Middle0.1 mi · 262
- Gunnison Valley High0.4 mi · 319
- Manti School12.3 mi · 408
- South Sanpete Education Support Center12.5 mi · 12
- North Sevier High12.8 mi · 270
- Manti High12.8 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About Gunnison Valley SchoolHow large is Gunnison Valley School?
Gunnison Valley School enrolls approximately 584 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Gunnison Valley School serve?
Gunnison Valley School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Gunnison Valley School have?
Gunnison Valley School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gunnison Valley School?
At Gunnison Valley School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 15% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Gunnison Valley School in?
Gunnison Valley School is part of South Sanpete District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.