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Monument Valley High

18 COUGAR LN, MONUMENT VALLEY, UT 84536 · (435) 678-1208 · San Juan County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL192 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Utah public high 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 high schools

Enrollment
192
High
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 980
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 21.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
192 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 33%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 72614%
Grade 83217%
Grade 93116%
Grade 104121%
Grade 112614%
Grade 123619%
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 47% · US 70%
White
21%
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 69% · US 43%
Hispanic
74%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 21% · US 30%
Black
32%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 15%
Two+
21%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
17893%
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
9047%
Female
10253%

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Test scores

RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly Proficient
English Language Arts
5.1%
UT avg 41.4%
Math
0.0%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 5 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 0 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Math scores have held steady since 2023.

RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-255.1%0.0%
2023-24N/A0.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
4.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
10.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 4% 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 Monument Valley High

Monument Valley High's state test result (4.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Monument Valley High this school192100.0%4.0%
Whitehorse High
MONTEZUMA CREEK
30397.0%9.0%
San Juan High
BLANDING
42555.5%36.7%
East Hollywood High
WEST VALLEY CITY
31858.2%13.4%
Roots Charter High School
WEST VALLEY CITY
21859.2%1.4%
Vanguard Academy
WEST VALLEY CITY
62368.7%52.6%
Matched among Utah high 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 Monument Valley High ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Utah
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
4.0%#147 of 149
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
0.0%#42 of 42
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
5.1%#41 of 42
Enrollment
ranked largest first
192#148 of 189
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
100%#1 of 169
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-11.5%#21 of 51
Ranked against other public high 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 2024-25
Enrollment
192
-21 (-10%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 286
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2519213.913.8:1100% (192)
2023-2419713.714.4:199% (196)
2022-2321612.617.1:1100% (215)
2020-21213N/AN/A100% (213)
2017-18217N/AN/AN/A
2015-16238N/AN/A99% (235)
2010-112501319.2:196% (241)
2000-012321812.9:187% (202)
1990-912862113.6:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monument Valley High.

About Monument Valley High

Monument Valley High is classified as a high school. It is located in MONUMENT VALLEY, Utah. Its enrollment is 192 students, spread over grades 7 through 12. Across high schools in Utah, the average enrollment is about 980.

Within San Juan District, Monument Valley High is one of 11 schools. The district enrolls 2,873 students.

Monument Valley High is 93% Native American by enrollment. Other reported shares: 4% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.

Based on 13.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Monument Valley High has a ratio of 13.8:1. Compared with the 21.1:1 average for high schools in Utah, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%. The average for public schools in San Juan County is 73%.

Among Utah public high schools, Monument Valley High outscored 25%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.

On BeatsExpectations, Monument Valley High is 6.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Utah schools.

For San Juan County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $64,481 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Counting Monument Valley High, San Juan County has 13 public schools.

Monument Valley High's nearest public school is Tse'Bii'Nidzisgai School (about 0.3 miles).

The NCES locale for Monument Valley High is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.

Enrollment decreased by 10% across 4 years, from 213 in 2020-21 to 192 in 2024-25.

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San Juan County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Monument Valley High
District
San Juan District
Address
18 COUGAR LN, MONUMENT VALLEY, UT 84536
Phone
(435) 678-1208
County
San Juan County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
192
Teachers (FTE)
14
Student–teacher ratio
13.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
192 (100%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
490090000802
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Other Monument Valley High schools

One other US public school is named Monument Valley High. Monument Valley High is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Monument Valley High
How large is Monument Valley High?
Monument Valley High enrolls approximately 192 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Monument Valley High serve?
Monument Valley High serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Monument Valley High have?
Monument Valley High employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
How diverse is Monument Valley High?
Monument Valley High reports a student body of 1% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Monument Valley High in?
Monument Valley High is part of San Juan District.
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