Uintah Middle School

Located at 161 N 1000 W, in VERNAL, Utah, Uintah Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school that enrolls 579 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Uintah District. That puts it 30% below the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 831 students.

Uintah District comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 6,687 students; Uintah Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Uintah Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest breaks down as 11% Hispanic, 9% Native American, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Uintah Middle School reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.7:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Uintah Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.1%, the actual is 36.7%, a residual of -5.5 points.

Around the school, Uintah County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,746, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Uintah County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,403 students), of which Uintah Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Ashley School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Uintah Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.5%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Uintah Middle School's enrollment has edged down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 719 (now 579). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 77%.

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