Valley School

Valley School is an elementary campus of tiny scale in ORDERVILLE, Utah, operated by Kane District, caters to 162 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Valley School sits 67% smaller than that benchmark.

Kane District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 1,484 students. Valley School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Valley School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest comes out to 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Kane County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kane County (around 34%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Valley School sits in the top 10% of Utah schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 37.8%; actual is 61.1%, +23.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kane County) shows that median household earnings sit near $77,092, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Valley School is one of 11 public schools in Kane County (combined enrollment of about 1,484 students).

Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Valley School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.0%.

Valley School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Valley School's enrollment has edged up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 141 (now 162).

On this page, members of the Valley School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.