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Bicknell, Utah - 4 schools
An equity score of 65/100 ranks Wayne District #27 of 147 districts in Utah (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,182 per pupil, Wayne District ranks #12 of 155 Utah districts by per-pupil spending (Utah districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
473
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$14,182
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wayne District operates 4 public schools serving 473 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Utah. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Wayne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,182 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 29.3% local, 59.1% state, and 11.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 65/100, ranked #27 of 147 in Utah against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 371.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 26.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.5% White, 11.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wayne High, with a diversity index of 31.1/100.
Its largest campus is Loa School, enrolling 254 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hanksville School, at 24 students, a 11x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Loa School accounts for 45.7% of all Wayne District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Wayne District a distant remainder — means Wayne District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Wayne District school enrollment varies 11× across entities
Wayne District school enrollment ranges from 24 students (lowest) to 254 students (highest), a spread of 230 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.
Wayne District student-counselor ratio is 371:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Wayne District chronic absenteeism rate is 26.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Wayne District is typically wider than the Wayne District-aggregate figure suggests.