NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools UT

Best-Resourced Schools in Kearns, UT

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

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11
Schools
7,625
Students
28.3/100
Avg Resource Index
23:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Kearns has more public-school enrollment than 72% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Kearns'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

7 of Kearns's 11 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 19-point gap between Silver Hills School and Entheos Academy Kearns shows the range hidden by Kearns'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 28%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
9th percentile
Teacher staffing
5th percentile

Kearns High accounts for 30.3% of all Kearns public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Kearns-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

Kearns school enrollment varies 7.7× across entities

Kearns school enrollment ranges from 300 students (lowest) to 2,313 students (highest), a spread of 2,013 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

Kearns student-teacher ratio is 23.0:1 — 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

# School Score
1. Silver Hills School 36
2. Kearns Jr High 35
3. Beehive School 33
4. West Kearns School 31
5. South Kearns School 31
6. David Gourley School 30
7. Thomas W. Bacchus School 27
8. Kearns High 26
9. Western Hills School 23
10. Thomas Jefferson Jr High 22
11. Entheos Academy Kearns 17

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Kearns

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 Beehive School 63.1/100
  2. 2 Thomas W. Bacchus School 62.0/100
  3. 3 Thomas Jefferson Jr High 61.7/100
  4. 4 Entheos Academy Kearns 61.7/100
  5. 5 South Kearns School 61.1/100

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Which Kearns school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Silver Hills School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Kearns schools in this federal-data comparison at 36/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Kearns, UT? ▼

Kearns has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,625 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 23:1.

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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.