NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools UT

Best-Resourced Schools in Heber City, UT

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9 public K-12 schools in Heber City from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
8,456
Students
34.1/100
Avg Resource Index
19.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Heber City has more public-school enrollment than 76% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Heber City's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Heber City's 9 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 20-point gap between Wasatch Learning Academy and J.R. Smith School shows the range hidden by Heber City's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 24%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
22nd percentile
Teacher staffing
17th percentile

Wasatch High accounts for 30.8% of all Heber City public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Heber City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Heber City school enrollment varies 7.9× across entities

Heber City school enrollment ranges from 328 students (lowest) to 2,604 students (highest), a spread of 2,276 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Heber City student-teacher ratio is 19.6:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Heber City's 9 listed schools are charters

11% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Wasatch Learning Academy 41
2. Heber Valley School 41
3. Wasatch High 40
4. Old Mill School 37
5. Rocky Mountain Middle 37
6. Timpanogos Middle School 36
7. Daniels Canyon School 29
8. Soldier Hollow Charter School 25
9. J.R. Smith School 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Heber City

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Heber Valley School 52.0/100
  2. 2 J.R. Smith School 51.5/100
  3. 3 Daniels Canyon School 48.8/100
  4. 4 Rocky Mountain Middle 43.4/100
  5. 5 Wasatch High 38.8/100

What do families ask about schools in Heber City?

Which Heber City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Wasatch Learning Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Heber City schools in this federal-data comparison at 41/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Heber City, UT? ▼

Heber City has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,456 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.