Enrollment
221
Middle
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMERY DISTRICT·NCES 490027000182
San Rafael Middle School
420 W 500 S, FERRON, UT 84523 · (435) 384-2335 · Emery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL221 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Utah public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
103 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 33%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 78 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 29% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
San Rafael Middle School→Emery High
Based on grade levels within Emery District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.5%
UT avg 41.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
33.2%
UT avg 41.8% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.5% | 33.2% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 32.0% |
% 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 →
Schools most like San Rafael Middle School
San Rafael Middle School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Rafael Middle School this school | 221 | 46.6% | 39.7% |
| North Sevier Middle SALINA | 196 | 51.0% | 44.1% |
| Canyon View Middle School HUNTINGTON | 215 | 39.1% | 35.1% |
| Helper Middle HELPER | 199 | 48.2% | 46.0% |
| Gunnison Valley Middle GUNNISON | 262 | 45.4% | 39.7% |
| South Sevier Middle MONROE | 288 | 45.5% | 55.0% |
Matched among Utah middle 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 San Rafael Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #87 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #92 of 140 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #78 of 140 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #135 of 144 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #7 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.7% | #136 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #30 of 141 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #34 of 77 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
221
-66 (-23%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 467
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 | 221 | 13.4 | 16.5:1 | 47% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 218 | 13.5 | 16.2:1 | 50% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 14.3 | 16.9:1 | 54% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | N/A | N/A | 50% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 255 | N/A | N/A | 50% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 255 | N/A | N/A | 46% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 12 | 20.8:1 | 45% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 16 | 21.6:1 | 34% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 25 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for San Rafael Middle School.
About San Rafael Middle School
San Rafael Middle School is a very small middle school located in FERRON, Utah. In all, 221 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 73% below the 831-student average for middle schools in Utah.
Emery District has 10 schools; together they serve 2,091 students.
The share of White students at San Rafael Middle School is 95%. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic. In Emery County overall, the White share is about 93%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, San Rafael Middle School scores 9%.
On staff are 13.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. Middle schools in Utah average 21.7:1, 5.1 more students per teacher than here. San Rafael Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 47%. The figure for public schools in Emery County is close, at 47%.
Among Utah public middle schools, San Rafael Middle School outscored 49%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
San Rafael Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.7% is 2.7 points above the 37.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
American Community Survey estimates for Emery County show that median household income comes to about $74,291, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 10, with about 2,091 students.
Ferron School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. On average proficiency, San Rafael Middle School is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 23%, from 287 to 221.
The San Rafael Middle School discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
Emery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,046
Census ACS
Median income
$74,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,091 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Emery District
- Emery HighHigh · 614 students
- Huntington SchoolElementary · 224 students
- Canyon View Middle SchoolMiddle · 215 students
- Ferron SchoolElementary · 200 students
- Cleveland SchoolElementary · 169 students
- Castle Dale SchoolElementary · 127 students
Nearby schools
- Ferron School0.7 mi · 200
- Cottonwood School11.0 mi · 115
- Castle Dale School11.7 mi · 127
- Emery High11.9 mi · 614
- Huntington School19.5 mi · 224
- Canyon View Middle School19.7 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About San Rafael Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at San Rafael Middle School?
San Rafael Middle School enrolls approximately 221 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does San Rafael Middle School serve?
San Rafael Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at San Rafael Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at San Rafael Middle School is approximately 16.5:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at San Rafael Middle School?
At San Rafael Middle School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees San Rafael Middle School?
San Rafael Middle School is overseen by Emery District in Emery County.
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