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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Maeser School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UINTAH DISTRICT·NCES 490108000582
Maeser School
2670 W 1000 N, VERNAL, UT 84078 · (435) 781-3160 · Uintah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
145 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
57.5%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
59.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.5% | 59.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.2% | 61.7% |
% 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
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% 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 17 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 Maeser School
Maeser School's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maeser School this school | 473 | 30.7% | 61.8% |
| Century School BEAR RIVER CITY | 440 | 29.1% | 45.8% |
| Brockbank School SPANISH FORK | 456 | 29.2% | 40.2% |
| Santa Clara School SANTA CLARA | 450 | 30.2% | 53.7% |
| Millville School MILLVILLE | 493 | 31.8% | 63.2% |
| Three Falls School HURRICANE | 533 | 27.2% | 52.5% |
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 Maeser School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Uintah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #96 of 562 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #110 of 578 ▼ 2 | #2 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #97 of 578 ▲ 33 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #358 of 613 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #373 of 556 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.7% | #513 of 559 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.7% | #290 of 582 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #186 of 388 | #4 of 7 |
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
473
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 463
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 | 473 | 21.5 | 22.0:1 | 31% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 24.4 | 22.1:1 | 34% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 22.5 | 24.4:1 | 31% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | N/A | N/A | 30% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 581 | N/A | N/A | 41% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | N/A | N/A | 36% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 692 | 28 | 24.7:1 | 34% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 590 | 25 | 23.6:1 | 32% (189) |
| 1990-91 | 463 | 18 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maeser School.
About Maeser School
Maeser School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in VERNAL, Utah. It teaches 473 students in kindergarten through 5.
Uintah District has 13 schools; together they serve 6,687 students.
Of every 100 students at Maeser School, about 88 are White. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic. A diversity index of 22% means there is a 22% chance two randomly chosen students at Maeser School are from different groups.
Maeser School reports a ratio of 22.0 students per teacher, from 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Utah is similar, at 21.8:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Maeser School, 31% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Maeser School is 16.9 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Utah.
The school's county is Uintah County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $73,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 16 public schools and about 7,403 students.
Among nearby public schools, Uintah High is closest at about 0.9 miles. Maeser School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 41.5%, lower than Maeser School's 61.8%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school's size has been steady, with 477 students in 2020-21 and 473 in 2024-25.
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Uintah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,056
Census ACS
Median income
$73,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Uintah District
- Uintah HighHigh · 1,843 students
- Vernal MiddleMiddle · 842 students
- Discovery SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Uintah Middle SchoolMiddle · 579 students
- Naples SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Ashley SchoolElementary · 442 students
Other schools in VERNAL
- Uintah HighHigh · 1,843 students
- Vernal MiddleMiddle · 842 students
- Discovery SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Terra AcademyCombined · 595 students
- Uintah Middle SchoolMiddle · 579 students
- Naples SchoolElementary · 456 students
Nearby schools
- Uintah High0.9 mi · 1,843
- Uintah Online School1.1 mi · 37
- Ashley Valley Educ. Ctr.1.1 mi · 287
- Terra Academy1.5 mi · 595
- Ashley School1.8 mi · 442
- Uintah Middle School2.0 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Maeser SchoolHow large is Maeser School?
Maeser School enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Maeser School serve?
Maeser School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Maeser School?
Approximately 22.0:1 students per teacher at Maeser School.
How diverse is Maeser School?
Maeser School reports a student body of 88% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Maeser School?
Maeser School is overseen by Uintah District in Uintah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.