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Salina School
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Salina School
Salina School is a primary school of mid-sized scale in SALINA, Utah, operated by Sevier District, instructing 435 students in grades K through 5.
Across the 13 schools in Sevier District (4,658 students total), Salina School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Salina School lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Sevier County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Salina School logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Roughly 50% of students at Salina School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, Salina School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.2%; this one delivers 45.4%.
In the broader community, Sevier County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,884 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Salina School is one of 14 public schools in Sevier County (combined enrollment of about 4,658 students).
Nearest neighbor: North Sevier Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Salina School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Salina School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.4%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Salina School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 437 (now 435).
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