Lava Ridge Intermediate

Lava Ridge Intermediate is a small middle school in SANTA CLARA, Utah. The school's 699 students are in grades 6 through 7.

Washington District enrolls 37,102 students, and its 54 schools include Lava Ridge Intermediate.

A majority of students at Lava Ridge Intermediate, 64%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 3% Native American, and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 85%. Lava Ridge Intermediate has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Lava Ridge Intermediate's 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 21.5:1. Middle schools in Utah have a similar average ratio of 21.7:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 42%. The gap from the 29% average for public schools in Washington County is 13 points.

When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lava Ridge Intermediate is 10.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 49.8%. Predicted: 39.0%.

Within Washington County, median household income is about $80,632, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 65 public schools in Washington County, with a combined enrollment of about 41,356.

The nearest public school is Santa Clara School, at about 1.1 miles. Lava Ridge Intermediate has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Lava Ridge Intermediate comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.

Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Federal counts put enrollment at 860 in 2020-21 and 699 in 2024-25, a 19% decrease.

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