NCES CCD 2024-25 24 schools UT

Best-Resourced Schools in St George, UT

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

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24
Schools
16,642
Students
25.3/100
Avg Resource Index
22.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, St George has more public-school enrollment than 91% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. St George'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

17 of St George's 24 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 58-point gap between Utah Online K8 and Sandstone School shows the range hidden by St George'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 9%
School count
Top 11%
Resource Index average
4th percentile
Teacher staffing
6th percentile

Utah Online K8 accounts for 16.2% of all St George public-school enrollment

That concentration means St George-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. 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

St George school enrollment varies 24× across entities

St George school enrollment ranges from 114 students (lowest) to 2,693 students (highest), a spread of 2,579 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. 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

St George student-teacher ratio is 22.9:1 — 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. Utah Online K8 70
2. Millcreek High 49
3. Success Dsu 36
4. Crimson View School 32
5. Diamond Valley School 32
6. Snow Canyon High 31
7. Little Valley School 31
8. Fossil Ridge Intermediate 28
9. Pine View High 26
10. Panorama School 25
11. Snow Canyon Middle 24
12. Dixie High 23
13. Pine View Middle 23
14. Coral Cliffs School 22
15. Dixie Middle 19
16. Paradise Canyon 18
17. Bloomington Hills School 18
18. Bloomington School 15
19. Washington Preschool 15
20. Sunset School 15
21. Post Hs Self-Cont 15
22. Legacy School 14
23. George Washington Academy 13
24. Sandstone School 12

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in St George

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 Millcreek High 60.4/100
  2. 2 Sandstone School 59.5/100
  3. 3 Sunset School 59.3/100
  4. 4 Panorama School 57.7/100
  5. 5 Legacy School 56.6/100

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Which St George school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Utah Online K8 has the highest Resource Investment Index among the St George schools in this federal-data comparison at 70/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in St George, UT? ▼

St George has 24 public schools with a total enrollment of 16,642 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 22.9:1.

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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.