Other / mixed grade configuration · Dugway, UT

Dugway

Federal NCES profile for Dugway, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 54/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 490105001508
0/100100/10054/100
👥 S:T ratio
68
🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
78
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Dugway earns 54/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 97% of Utah schools.

54
Resource Index · Higher
8:1
small classes for Utah
14.4%
free-lunch eligible
112
students enrolled

Dugway has class sizes smaller than 97% of Utah schools. Computed live against every Utah school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

112

Utah · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

14.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

8:1

vs 21.4:1 Utah avg

-63% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

14.4%

vs 28.0% Utah avg

-49% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Dugway compares with Utah and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Dugway

Dugway is a lower-poverty, small combined-grade school in Dugway, Utah, enrolling 112 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 8:1, Dugway is leaner than roughly 97% of Utah schools and 63% under the state's 21.4:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 14.4% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 112 puts it in the smaller third of Utah schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 96% of the 1,065 Utah schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Against 27 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #4.

Its student body is led by White (73%) and Hispanic or Latino (10%) (diversity index 45/100).

Counselor coverage is strong, about 112 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 46.4% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Tooele District also operates Stansbury High (2,314 students) and Tooele High (1,900 students) alongside Dugway.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Dugway compares

Dugway on the metrics families compare, against Utah and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Utah Utah avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 8:1 ▼ 63% 21.4:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 14.4% ▼ 49% 28.0% 51.7%
Enrollment 112 top 90% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

8:1
Leaner classes than 95% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
112
Bigger than 11% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
14.4%
free-lunch eligible - 49% below the Utah average of 28.0%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
8:1
students per teacher - 63% below state mean
Top 3% in Utah - lower ratio than 97% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
46.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$8,137
per pupil, district-wide - below Utah avg of $9,792
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 112 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
7
in-school suspensions + 2 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 6.3 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 8.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 73.2%
Hispanic or Latino 9.8%
Two or More 7.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native 5.4%
Asian 1.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 1.8%
African American 0.9%

Largest group: White at 73.2% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 44.6/100

Simpson diversity index - at 44.6, Dugway is more mixed than the Utah school average of 40.9.

Programs

Gifted & talented Yes

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Tooele District, which includes Dugway.

$8,137
Per student
-17%
vs Utah
Avg $9,792
-51%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 27.4%
State 63.7%
Federal 8.8%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Dugway Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Stansbury High Larger Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Tooele High Larger Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Grantsville High Larger Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Clarke N. Johnsen Jr High Larger Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Sterling School Larger Higher economic need Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Dugway's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Tooele District · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Utah, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Dugway's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Dugway

How many students attend Dugway?

Dugway has 112 students enrolled. It is a public school in Dugway, UT.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Dugway?

The student-teacher ratio at Dugway is 8:1, which is 63% lower than the Utah average of 21.4:1 and 49% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Dugway?

14.4% of students at Dugway are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Utah average of 28.0%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Dugway?

The largest demographic group at Dugway is White at 73.2% of enrollment, in Dugway, UT.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Dugway?

Dugway has a Resource Investment Index of 54/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Dugway a good school?

Dugway earns 54/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 97% of Utah schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Tooele District?

Besides Dugway, Tooele District also operates Stansbury High (2,314 students), Tooele High (1,900 students), and Grantsville High (1,094 students). See the Tooele District district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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