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Moab, Utah - 4 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Grand District #78 of 147 districts in Utah (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,884 per pupil, Grand District ranks #16 of 155 Utah districts by per-pupil spending (Utah districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,473
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,884
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Grand District operates 4 public schools serving 1,473 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Utah. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Grand County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,884 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 16 of 155 Utah districts by per-pupil spending. See how Utah compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 66.2% local, 22.4% state, and 11.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 48/100, ranked #78 of 147 in Utah against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 227.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 46.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.1% White, 25.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is C R Sundwall Center, with a diversity index of 55.5/100.
Its largest campus is Helen M. Knight School, enrolling 686 students (48% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is C R Sundwall Center, at 60 students, a 11x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Helen M. Knight School accounts for 46.6% of all Grand District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Grand District a distant remainder — means Grand District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Grand District school enrollment varies 11× across entities
Grand District school enrollment ranges from 60 students (lowest) to 686 students (highest), a spread of 626 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Grand District student-counselor ratio is 228:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Grand District chronic absenteeism rate is 46.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Grand District has 4 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,473 students.
How much does Grand District spend per student?
Grand District spends $12,884 per student. The district has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #78 in Utah.
What is the demographic composition of Grand District?
Grand District students are 65.1% White, 25.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian, 0.2% African American, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Grand District?
Grand District has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #78 out of 147 districts in Utah.