School Facts

Utah Education Statistics

Click the links to get the facts:

• Spending
• Student Performance
• School Performance
• Enrollment
• Educators

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Spending:

  $7,500 per student >learn more

  $4.1 billion total Utah K-12 budget

Spending Increases

After adjusting for inflation, per student spending in Utah has almost doubled since 1970 and has increased by 11% in 5 years, 18% in 10 years, 38% in 15 years, and 52% in 20 years.

Education Spending Over the Past 5 Years

*Estimates based on legislative appropriations.

Dollars Spent per Classroom

22.1 to 1 student to teacher ratio
$55,941 average teacher compensation

                     22.1   STUDENTS

X       $7,500   SPENT PER STUDENT

$165,750   SPENT PER CLASSROOM

Source: Utah Taxpayers Association based on USOE figures; USOE & US Census Bureau exclude debt repayment and construction costs in their per student figures..

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Student Performance:

83.8% Graduation Rate

Utah has the highest overall graduation rate in the nation, even when based on a standardized graduation measurement. At 83.8%, 87,155 students currently in Utah public schools will not finish high school.

Source: Education Week's Education Counts

Utah Basic Skills & Competency Test - UBSCT

High School students must pass this test to receive a basic high school diploma. Students take the test in 10th grade and can retake it in 11th and 12th grade.

Class of 2009 UBSCT Results

Source: USOE Assessment & Accountability UBSCT

CLICK HERE for a complete list of tests (including results) that Utah uses to track student and school performance.

National Assessment of Educational Progress

This is a national test used to measure student progress.  The test covers several subject areas and grades. 

Overall, Utah students usually score at or just below the national average, but when broken down by demographic, Utah students often score even lower below the national average.

As illustrated below, Utah is also dealing with an education gap between whites and minorities,and females and males

8th Grade MATH

Scale: 0 to 500

8th Grade SCIENCE

Scale: 0 to 300

8th Grade READING

Scale: 0 to 500

8th Grade WRITING

Scale: 0 to 300

CLICK HERE for more NAEP test results for Utah.

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School Performance:

Click on the links below to see how your school performs.

U-PASS

The Utah Performance Assessment System for Students measures school performance based on student test scores and progress.  The U-PASS website also has a detailed profile about each school.

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Utah Schools at a Glance

This resource provided by the Sutherland Institute provides a profile of public and private schools and ranks them based on several criteria.

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GreatSchools.net

This website provides profiles of schools that include test scores and parent reviews.

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Enrollment:

537,995 Students
21% of state population

Utah has the nation’s largest average household size at 3.08 and only 2.4 working-age persons per student. Enrollment is projected to increase by over 160,000 in the next 10 years.

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Educators:

Classroom Teachers…  23,001
Educator Specialists…    3,293
Administrators.………..    1,642

Class Size
22.1 to 1 student to teacher ratio

Teacher Salary

$55,941 average teacher compensation

Dollars Spent per Classroom

                     22.1   STUDENTS

X       $7,500   SPENT PER STUDENT

$165,750   SPENT PER CLASSROOM

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