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Enrollment
796
Combined
DISTRICT 692 · STATE 687
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON DISTRICT·NCES 490114000063
Snow Canyon Middle
1215 N LAVA FLOW DR, ST GEORGE, UT 84770 · (435) 674-6474 · Washington County
GRADES PK–09COMBINED12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL796 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Utah public K-12 schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 19.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
277 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 426 | 54% |
| Grade 9 | 370 | 46% |
Student demographics
48%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
44.8%
UT avg 41.4% . +8.2pp since 2023
Math
47.5%
UT avg 41.8% . +12.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 45 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 up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.8% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 35.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Snow Canyon Middle
Snow Canyon Middle's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Canyon Middle this school | 796 | 34.8% | 45.5% |
| Hurricane Middle HURRICANE | 780 | 31.5% | 42.7% |
| Vista School IVINS | 1,114 | 36.3% | 52.2% |
| Valley Academy HURRICANE | 642 | 42.5% | 38.5% |
| Hurricane High HURRICANE | 1,177 | 27.4% | 43.3% |
| American Preparatory Academy - Salem SALEM | 570 | 21.2% | 58.5% |
Matched among Utah K-12 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 Snow Canyon Middle ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #15 of 31 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #12 of 29 ▲ 5 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #13 of 29 ▲ 8 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 796 | #11 of 53 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #33 of 34 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #17 of 34 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #14 of 41 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #7 of 19 | N/A |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
796
-79 (-9%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 1,248
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 | 796 | 31.7 | 25.1:1 | 35% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 808 | 33.9 | 23.8:1 | 41% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 909 | 37.2 | 24.4:1 | 38% (345) |
| 2020-21 | 875 | N/A | N/A | 41% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 888 | N/A | N/A | 41% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 822 | N/A | N/A | 43% (357) |
| 2010-11 | 855 | 35 | 24.4:1 | 43% (365) |
| 2000-01 | 1,248 | 52 | 24.0:1 | 31% (392) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Snow Canyon Middle.
About Snow Canyon Middle
Snow Canyon Middle is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a combined-grade school in ST GEORGE, Utah. Its 796 students are spread across pre-K through 9.
Within Washington District, Snow Canyon Middle is one of 54 schools. The district enrolls 37,102 students.
White students make up a majority at Snow Canyon Middle, at 67%. The remaining shares are 26% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Census estimates put the White share of Washington County's population at about 85%. Snow Canyon Middle's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 25.1:1, with 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 5.2 students per teacher above the 19.9:1 average for combined schools in Utah. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 35%.
allk12 grades Snow Canyon Middle a B+. The grade compares the school only with Utah public K-12 schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Snow Canyon Middle falls in the middle 80% of Utah schools: 45.5% actual against 42.8% predicted.
Washington County census figures show that the median household income is $80,632, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Washington County is home to 65 public schools and about 41,356 public school students.
The school nearest to Snow Canyon Middle is Snow Canyon High, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Snow Canyon Middle places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale data from NCES put Snow Canyon Middle inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 79 fewer students in 2024-25.
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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 High0.2 mi · 1,324
- Paradise Canyon0.7 mi · 461
- Arrowhead School0.8 mi · 520
- Santa Clara School1.1 mi · 450
- Coral Cliffs School1.1 mi · 141
- Post HS Self-Cont1.1 mi · 114
Frequently asked questions
About Snow Canyon MiddleHow many students attend Snow Canyon Middle?
Snow Canyon Middle enrolls approximately 796 students in grades PK-09.
What grades does Snow Canyon Middle serve?
Snow Canyon Middle serves grades PK-09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Snow Canyon Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Snow Canyon Middle is approximately 25.1:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Snow Canyon Middle?
At Snow Canyon Middle, the student body is approximately 67% White, 26% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Snow Canyon Middle public or private?
Snow Canyon Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Washington District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.