Middle Canyon School

Located at 751 E 1000 N, in TOOELE, Utah, Middle Canyon School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that educates 571 students (grades K through 6), operated by Tooele District.

Across the 27 schools in Tooele District (16,088 students total), Middle Canyon School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Middle Canyon School lists that 61% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 30% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Middle Canyon School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.4:1. The state averages about 21.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 22% of students at Middle Canyon School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Middle Canyon School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 41.0%, a residual of -8.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Tooele County indicate median household income runs about $106,587, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tooele County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,521 students), of which Middle Canyon School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Copper Canyon School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Middle Canyon School. On composite proficiency, Middle Canyon School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.9%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 639 students in 2018 compared to 571 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 61% across the same window.

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