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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Maeser School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
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
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
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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
473
-108 (-19%) vs 2017
% White
88%
was 91%
% Hispanic
9%
was 6%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Maeser School
Located at 2670 W 1000 N, in VERNAL, Utah, Maeser School is a mid-sized elementary-level community that hosts 473 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Uintah District.
Uintah District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,687 students. Maeser School is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Maeser School lists that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest comes out to 9% Hispanic.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Maeser School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 44.8%; this one delivers 61.8%, a residual of +16.9 points.
Around the school, Uintah County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,746 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Uintah County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,403 students), Maeser School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Uintah High, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Maeser School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.5%.
Maeser School operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maeser School has shrank 19%, going from 581 students in 2018 to 473 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Ashley Valley Educ. Ctr.1.1 mi · 287
- Uintah Online School1.1 mi · 37
- 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.