Montezuma Creek School

Montezuma Creek School, an intimate elementary-level community in MONTEZUMA CREEK, Utah, one of the schools within San Juan District, enrolls 282 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 491.

Montezuma Creek School is one of 11 schools operated by San Juan District, a district that instructs 2,873 students overall.

On demographics, Montezuma Creek School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (96%). Beyond that, the school logs 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Montezuma Creek School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Montezuma Creek School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above San Juan County's rate of about 73%.

With demographic context factored in, Montezuma Creek School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 10.9%, the actual is 16.8%, a residual of +5.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Juan County) logs that median household income runs about $64,481, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, San Juan County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,032 students), of which Montezuma Creek School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Whitehorse High, around 0.6 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Montezuma Creek School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 287 (now 282).

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Montezuma Creek School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.