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What's the most underrated thing about Parowan School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IRON DISTRICT·NCES 490039000285
Parowan School
128 W 100 N, PAROWAN, UT 84761 · (435) 477-3368 · Iron County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.5:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
199 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 15% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Parowan School→Parowan High
Based on grade levels within Iron District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.4%
UT avg 41.4% . -5.5pp since 2023
Math
47.8%
UT avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.4% | 47.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.9% | 48.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 →
Where Parowan School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Iron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #289 of 562 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #255 of 578 | #5 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #350 of 578 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #435 of 613 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #80 of 556 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.3% | #501 of 559 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.6% | #146 of 582 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.0% | #49 of 128 | #2 of 7 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
418
+20 (+5%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 393
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 | 418 | 23.1 | 18.1:1 | 48% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 21.1 | 19.9:1 | 51% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 21.1 | 19.9:1 | 48% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | N/A | N/A | 41% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 370 | N/A | N/A | 52% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | N/A | N/A | 54% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 407 | 18 | 22.6:1 | 53% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 19 | 23.9:1 | 40% (180) |
| 1990-91 | 393 | 13 | 30.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parowan School.
About Parowan School
Parowan School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in PAROWAN, Utah. It educates 418 students in kindergarten through 6.
Iron District (18 schools, 14,125 students) runs Parowan School.
Parowan School enrolls a student body that is 87% White. After that, the student body is 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Iron County is about 87% White. Parowan School has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1 at Parowan School, with 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Utah, the typical ratio is 21.8:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 48% of enrollment. Among public schools in Iron County, the average eligibility rate is 30%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 36.5% at Parowan School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Iron County show that median household income is about $66,247, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Parowan School is one of 21 public schools in Iron County, which together enroll about 15,285 students.
The closest public school, Parowan High, is about 0.1 miles from Parowan School. On state test proficiency, Parowan School ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Parowan School as Rural: Remote.
Federal counts put enrollment at 398 in 2020-21 and 418 in 2024-25, a 5% gain.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Iron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,252
Census ACS
Median income
$66,247
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
15,285 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iron District
- Southwest Educational AcademyCombined · 4,239 students
- Cedar City HighHigh · 1,372 students
- Cedar MiddleMiddle · 1,139 students
- Canyon View HighHigh · 1,021 students
- Canyon View MiddleMiddle · 948 students
- Three Peaks SchoolElementary · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Parowan High0.1 mi · 349
- Enoch School12.3 mi · 516
- Gateway Preparatory Academy14.1 mi · 732
- Three Peaks Pre School14.7 mi · 103
- Three Peaks School14.8 mi · 646
- Fiddlers Canyon School15.2 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About Parowan SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Parowan School?
Parowan School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Parowan School serve?
Parowan School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Parowan School?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Parowan School.
How diverse is Parowan School?
Parowan School reports a student body of 87% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Parowan School public or private?
Parowan School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iron District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.