Utah Schools for Deaf & Blind operates 8 public schools serving 223 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Utah. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 other schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 322 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2022-23 release, and the district is geographically located in Weber County County.
a 79:1 student-counselor ratio that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 37.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.0% White, 31.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Jean Massieu School for the Deaf accounts for 45.7% of all Utah Schools for Deaf & Blind student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Utah Schools for Deaf & Blind-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. 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.
Utah Schools for Deaf & Blind school enrollment varies 147× across entities
Utah Schools for Deaf & Blind school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 147 students (highest), a spread of 146 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity — the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Utah Schools for Deaf & Blind student-counselor ratio is 79:1 — 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.
Utah Schools for Deaf & Blind chronic absenteeism rate is 37.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.