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Little Valley School
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RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Little Valley School
As an average-sized elementary school in ST GEORGE, Utah, Little Valley School teaches 552 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Washington District.
Within Washington District, which oversees 54 schools and 37,102 students, Little Valley School is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Little Valley School reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Little Valley School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.9%; this one delivers 57.7%.
In the broader community, census data for Washington County shows median household earnings sit near $80,632, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Washington County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,356 students), Little Valley School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Sunrise Ridge Intermediate, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Little Valley School. On composite proficiency, Little Valley School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 61.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Over the past 7-year window. Little Valley School's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 661 (now 552). The White share of enrollment declined from 95% to 89% over that span.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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