Sally Mauro School

Sally Mauro School is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in HELPER, Utah, run under Carbon District, with 293 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Sally Mauro School sits 40% smaller than that benchmark.

Carbon District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,334 students; Sally Mauro School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Sally Mauro School lists that White students make up the majority at 80%. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sally Mauro School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Carbon County put median household earnings sit near $58,377, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Carbon County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,694 students), Sally Mauro School is one campus in the mix.

Helper Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sally Mauro School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.3%.

Sally Mauro School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Sally Mauro School's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 318 (now 293). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 13% to 19%.

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