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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON DISTRICT·NCES 490114000903
Paradise Canyon
1795 W 1230 N, ST GEORGE, UT 84770 · (435) 673-8978 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Utah public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
21.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.5:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
324 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
36.3%
UT avg 41.4% . -10.6pp since 2023
Math
41.4%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.3% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 46.9% | 46.3% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% 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 15 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 Paradise Canyon
Paradise Canyon's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Canyon this school | 461 | 70.3% | 40.9% |
| Franklin School PROVO | 398 | 72.1% | 22.8% |
| Columbia School WEST JORDAN | 599 | 68.1% | 16.1% |
| Lincoln School OGDEN | 488 | 63.3% | 21.2% |
| Legacy School ST GEORGE | 562 | 65.5% | 39.3% |
| Bonneville School OGDEN | 442 | 67.4% | 22.4% |
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 Paradise Canyon ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #375 of 562 | #21 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #337 of 578 ▼ 59 | #17 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #396 of 578 ▼ 111 | #24 of 30 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #376 of 613 | #20 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #316 of 556 | #21 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #177 of 559 | #9 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #26 of 582 | #3 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #124 of 128 | #8 of 8 |
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
461
-71 (-13%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 650
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 | 461 | 21.5 | 21.4:1 | 70% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 23.5 | 19.7:1 | 52% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 25 | 19.1:1 | 62% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | N/A | N/A | 75% (399) |
| 2017-18 | 458 | N/A | N/A | 80% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | N/A | N/A | 82% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 26 | 19.9:1 | 80% (413) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 32 | 20.3:1 | 53% (345) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paradise Canyon.
About Paradise Canyon
Paradise Canyon is an elementary school in ST GEORGE, Utah, according to federal school records. A total of 461 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
Washington District is the district for Paradise Canyon. It has 54 schools and 37,102 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Paradise Canyon, at 63%. The next largest groups are 30% White and 5% multiracial. In Washington County overall, about 12% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.4:1. That is close to the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Paradise Canyon is 70%. The 29% average for public schools in Washington County is 41 points lower.
Paradise Canyon is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of Utah public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 40.9%, is 15.4 points above the 25.4% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Utah schools.
In Washington County (population about 196,431), the median household income is $80,632, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Paradise Canyon is one of 65 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Snow Canyon Middle, is about 0.7 miles from Paradise Canyon. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Paradise Canyon is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 461 students in 2024-25, 71 fewer than the 532 it had in 2020-21.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
196,431
Census ACS
Median income
$80,632
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
41,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington District
- Utah Online K8Elementary · 2,693 students
- Utah Online 7-12High · 1,547 students
- Crimson Cliffs HighHigh · 1,401 students
- Snow Canyon HighHigh · 1,324 students
- Dixie HighHigh · 1,263 students
- Desert Hills HighHigh · 1,241 students
Other schools in ST GEORGE
- Utah Online K8Elementary · 2,693 students
- Snow Canyon HighHigh · 1,324 students
- Dixie HighHigh · 1,263 students
- Pine View HighHigh · 1,124 students
- George Washington AcademyElementary · 1,013 students
- Dixie MiddleHigh · 844 students
Nearby schools
- Snow Canyon Middle0.7 mi · 796
- Snow Canyon High0.8 mi · 1,324
- Sunset School0.9 mi · 481
- Utah Arts Academy1.0 mi · 311
- Arrowhead School1.0 mi · 520
- Coral Cliffs School1.1 mi · 141
Frequently asked questions
About Paradise CanyonWhat is the total enrollment at Paradise Canyon?
Paradise Canyon enrolls approximately 461 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Paradise Canyon serve?
Paradise Canyon serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Paradise Canyon?
Approximately 21.4:1 students per teacher at Paradise Canyon.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Paradise Canyon?
At Paradise Canyon, the student body is approximately 30% White, 63% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Paradise Canyon in?
Paradise Canyon is part of Washington District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.