NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools UT

Best-Resourced Schools in Salem, UT

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

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8
Schools
13,622
Students
21.1/100
Avg Resource Index
24.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Large system with a dominant campus

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Salem has more public-school enrollment than 87% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Salem sits near the top of the national city distribution by public-school enrollment, while Nebo Online School alone enrolls 57.2% of local students. The city total therefore does not describe a uniform market: one large campus materially shapes the aggregate, and the remaining schools operate at a different scale. Read the ranked table alongside each campus profile rather than treating the city mean as a typical school.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Salem's 8 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Salem lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 508 to 7,791 students, a 15-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 13%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
1st percentile
Teacher staffing
2nd percentile

Nebo Online School accounts for 57.2% of all Salem public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Salem a distant remainder — means Salem-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Salem school enrollment varies 15× across entities

Salem school enrollment ranges from 508 students (lowest) to 7,791 students (highest), a spread of 7,283 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Salem student-teacher ratio is 24.8:1 — 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 Salem's 8 listed schools are charters

13% 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. Salem Hills High 31
2. Salem Junior High 30
3. American Preparatory Academy - Salem 24
4. Valley View Middle 17
5. Salem School 17
6. Mt. Loafer School 16
7. Foothills School 13
8. Nebo Online School -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Salem

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 American Preparatory Academy - Salem 39.0/100
  2. 2 Salem Junior High 33.1/100
  3. 3 Salem School 30.2/100
  4. 4 Salem Hills High 29.8/100
  5. 5 Valley View Middle 28.9/100

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Which Salem school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Salem Hills High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Salem schools in this federal-data comparison at 31/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Salem, UT? ▼

Salem has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 13,622 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 24.8:1.

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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.