Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 235 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN DISTRICT·NCES 490090000534
Montezuma Creek School
1470 East Highway 162, MONTEZUMA CREEK, UT 84534 · (435) 678-1261 · San Juan County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Utah public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
282 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 33%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 44% smaller than its 6th grade class (32).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
10.7%
UT avg 41.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
14.5%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.7% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 13.7% | 18.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
16.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
10.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 11% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 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 Montezuma Creek School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montezuma Creek School this school | 282 | 100.0% | 16.8% |
| Tse'Bii'Nidzisgai School MONUMENT VALLEY | 255 | 100.0% | 6.0% |
| Aneth Community School Montezuma Creek | 91 | 96.7% | N/A |
| Eagle View School ROOSEVELT | 278 | 74.8% | 15.1% |
| Bluff School BLUFF | 82 | 98.8% | N/A |
| Naa Tsis'aan Community School Tonalea | 68 | 95.6% | N/A |
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 Montezuma Creek School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In San Juan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #547 of 562 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #558 of 578 ▼ 18 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #574 of 578 ▼ 5 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #535 of 613 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #20 of 556 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.6% | #558 of 559 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #2 of 582 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #369 of 388 | N/A |
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
282
-24 (-8%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 235
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 | 282 | 18.5 | 15.3:1 | 100% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 18.1 | 15.8:1 | 100% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 17.5 | 16.3:1 | 100% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | N/A | N/A | 100% (306) |
| 2017-18 | 287 | N/A | N/A | 100% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 268 | N/A | N/A | 99% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 196 | 10 | 19.6:1 | 98% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 252 | 19 | 13.3:1 | 87% (219) |
| 1990-91 | 235 | 14 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montezuma Creek School.
About Montezuma Creek School
Montezuma Creek School is a small elementary school with its address in MONTEZUMA CREEK, Utah. It reported 282 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Utah average about 491 students, which makes this school 43% below average.
Montezuma Creek School is one of the 11 schools that make up San Juan District (2,873 students in total).
Native American students are 96% of those enrolled at Montezuma Creek School. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 8, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Montezuma Creek School has a ratio of 15.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Utah, 21.8:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in San Juan County, the average eligibility rate is 73%.
On the allk12 Grade, Montezuma Creek School lands at C-, ahead of 23% of Utah public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 10.9% at Montezuma Creek School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 16.8%.
The school is in San Juan County, where the median household earns about $64,481 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Across San Juan County, 13 public schools serve about 3,032 students.
Montezuma Creek School's nearest public school is Whitehorse High (about 0.6 miles). The count of other public schools within ten miles is 2.
For locale, NCES codes Montezuma Creek School as Rural: Remote.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 282, down from 306 in 2020-21.
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San Juan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,483
Census ACS
Median income
$64,481
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Juan District
- Blanding SchoolElementary · 509 students
- San Juan HighHigh · 425 students
- Albert R. Lyman MiddleMiddle · 330 students
- Whitehorse HighHigh · 303 students
- Monticello SchoolElementary · 277 students
- Tse'Bii'Nidzisgai SchoolElementary · 255 students
Other schools in MONTEZUMA CREEK
- Whitehorse HighHigh · 303 students
- Aneth Community SchoolElementary · 91 students
Nearby schools
- Whitehorse High0.6 mi · 303
- Aneth Community School9.2 mi · 91
- Bluff School14.3 mi · 82
- Red Mesa High School21.1 mi · 140
- Red Mesa Elementary School21.1 mi · 124
- Red Mesa Junior High School21.1 mi · 75
Frequently asked questions
About Montezuma Creek SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Montezuma Creek School?
Montezuma Creek School enrolls approximately 282 students in grades PK-06.
Is Montezuma Creek School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Montezuma Creek School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Montezuma Creek School have?
Montezuma Creek School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Montezuma Creek School?
At Montezuma Creek School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Montezuma Creek School?
Montezuma Creek School is overseen by San Juan District in San Juan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.