West Desert School

Set in TROUT CREEK, Utah, West Desert School is a rural-scale elementary campus, run under Tintic District. It enrolls 22 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so West Desert School sits 96% leaner than that benchmark.

Tintic District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 276 students. West Desert School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, West Desert School logs that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% multiracial. Compared to Juab County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.0:1. The state averages about 21.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 27% of students at West Desert School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, West Desert School is in the bottom 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 46.5%; West Desert School posts 0.0%, -46.5 points below that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Juab County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,786 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Juab County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,034 students), of which West Desert School is one.

The closest other public school is West Desert High School, roughly 0.0 miles away.

West Desert School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Desert School has increased 100%, going from 11 students in 2018 to 22 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 18% to 0%.

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