Enrollment
199
Middle
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARBON DISTRICT·NCES 490015000092
Helper Middle
151 UINTAH ST, HELPER, UT 84526 · (435) 472-5441 · Carbon County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL199 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
96 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 33%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Helper Middle→Carbon High
Based on grade levels within Carbon District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.7%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
37.4%
UT avg 41.8% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 2 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 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
199
+33 (+20%) vs 2017
% White
81%
was 86%
% Hispanic
17%
was 13%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Helper Middle
Set in HELPER, Utah, Helper Middle is a rural-scale 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Carbon District. It instructs 199 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 76% leaner than the state mean of about 831.
Within Carbon District, which oversees 9 schools and 3,334 students, Helper Middle is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Helper Middle reports that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder looks like 17% Hispanic.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.7:1, putting Helper Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, Helper Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.2%; this one delivers 46.0%.
In the area at large, Carbon County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,377 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Carbon County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,694 students), Helper Middle is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Sally Mauro School, around 0.3 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Helper Middle comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Helper Middle has increased 20%, going from 166 students in 2018 to 199 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 81% across the same window.
On this page, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Carbon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,517
Census ACS
Median income
$58,377
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,694 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carbon District
- Carbon HighHigh · 1,004 students
- Mont Harmon MiddleMiddle · 614 students
- Creekview SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Castle Heights SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Sally Mauro SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Wellington SchoolElementary · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Sally Mauro School0.3 mi · 293
- Mont Harmon Middle6.3 mi · 614
- Castle Valley Center6.4 mi · 95
- Carbon High6.5 mi · 1,004
- Castle Heights School6.6 mi · 369
- Pinnacle Canyon Academy6.7 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About Helper MiddleHow large is Helper Middle?
Helper Middle enrolls approximately 199 students in grades 06-08.
Is Helper Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Helper Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Helper Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Helper Middle is approximately 15.9:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Helper Middle?
Student demographics at Helper Middle are roughly 81% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is Helper Middle in?
Helper Middle is part of Carbon District.
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