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How has Pahvant School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEVIER DISTRICT·NCES 490093000543
Pahvant School
520 N 300 W, RICHFIELD, UT 84701 · (435) 896-4403 · Sevier County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Utah public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
24.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
286 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 175 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 179 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 166 | 32% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sevier District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.5%
UT avg 41.4% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
52.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 52.9% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 63.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% 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 21 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 →
Schools most like Pahvant School
Pahvant School's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pahvant School this school | 520 | 55.0% | 53.6% |
| Ashman School RICHFIELD | 466 | 53.4% | N/A |
| Duchesne School DUCHESNE | 419 | 51.1% | 42.5% |
| Naples School VERNAL | 456 | 52.6% | 46.0% |
| Manti School MANTI | 408 | 52.2% | 46.8% |
| Monroe School MONROE | 537 | 47.9% | 52.3% |
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 Pahvant School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #198 of 562 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #192 of 578 ▼ 97 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #208 of 578 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #288 of 613 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #502 of 556 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #496 of 559 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.0% | #82 of 582 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #335 of 388 |
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
520
+20 (+4%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 423
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 | 520 | 21.5 | 24.2:1 | 55% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 21.5 | 23.4:1 | 50% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 18.7 | 25.1:1 | 42% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | N/A | N/A | 49% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | N/A | N/A | 57% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | N/A | N/A | 59% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 22 | 21.7:1 | 54% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 322 | 14 | 23.0:1 | 47% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 423 | 14 | 30.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pahvant School.
About Pahvant School
Pahvant School is a public medium-sized elementary school in RICHFIELD, Utah. The school serves 520 students in grades 3 through 5 in 2024-25.
The district for Pahvant School is Sevier District, with 13 schools and 4,658 students.
Pahvant School's enrollment is 87% White. Next come 7% Hispanic and 3% Native American. The school's diversity index is 23%, meaning two students picked at random have a 23% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 24.2:1 comes from the school's 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. The lunch program counts 55% of students at Pahvant School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 46% average for public schools in Sevier County, the school's rate is higher.
Pahvant School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Utah public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Pahvant School ranks in the top 10% of Utah schools. It scores 53.6%; the prediction is 32.9%.
Pahvant School is located in Sevier County, where the median household income is $74,884, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Besides Pahvant School, Sevier County has 13 other public schools.
Ashman School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Pahvant School, there are 5 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Pahvant School is 2nd of 6 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Pahvant School is Town: Remote.
Enrollment has grown by 20 students since 2020-21, to 520.
Discussions about Pahvant School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Sevier County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,085
Census ACS
Median income
$74,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
4,658 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sevier District
- Richfield HighHigh · 789 students
- Monroe SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Red Hills MiddleMiddle · 503 students
- Ashman SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Salina SchoolElementary · 435 students
- South Sevier HighHigh · 426 students
Other schools in RICHFIELD
- Richfield HighHigh · 789 students
- Red Hills MiddleMiddle · 503 students
- Ashman SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Richfield PreschoolElementary · 145 students
- Cedar Ridge HighHigh · 57 students
- Sevier Career and Technical Education CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Ashman School0.5 mi · 466
- Cedar Ridge High0.5 mi · 57
- Richfield Preschool0.5 mi · 145
- Richfield High0.6 mi · 789
- Red Hills Middle1.0 mi · 503
- Monroe School10.1 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Pahvant SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pahvant School?
Pahvant School enrolls approximately 520 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Pahvant School serve?
Pahvant School serves grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Pahvant School have?
Pahvant School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.2:1.
How diverse is Pahvant School?
Pahvant School reports a student body of 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Pahvant School?
Pahvant School is overseen by Sevier District in Sevier County.
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