Panguitch Middle

Located at 75 S 400 E, in PANGUITCH, Utah, Panguitch Middle is an one-room-style 6-8 campus that enrolls 56 students (grades 7 through 8), one of the schools within Garfield District. Enrollment runs roughly 93% smaller than the state mean of about 831.

Panguitch Middle is one of 10 schools operated by Garfield District, a district that hosts 1,628 students overall.

Demographically, Panguitch Middle logs that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 9% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. The state averages around 21.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Garfield County's rate of about 23%.

After controlling for student poverty, Panguitch Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.1%, the actual is 34.8%, a residual of -9.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Garfield County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,875 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Garfield County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,628 students), of which Panguitch Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Panguitch High, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Panguitch Middle at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.3%.

Panguitch Middle operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 33%: 83 students in 2018 compared to 56 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 5% to 9% over that span.

On allk12, the feed for Panguitch Middle typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.