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Class Size & Enrollment

Class Sizes

Average Class Size = 22.2

In the 2006-07 school year, the average class size for Utah's public schools was 22.2.  This figure is based on the number of full-time teachers per student and does not include classroom aides or teacher coordinators.

                Average Student to Teacher Ratio, Fall 2000 to Fall 20061

 

Class Size by Grade

The Utah State Office of Education also provides actual class size figures (and not just student to teacher ratios) for each grade in elementary school and each major class type in secondary school (7th through 12th grade).

Average Class Size by Grade, Fall 20072

 Elementary Schools
by GRADE
 		Secondary Schools
by CLASS TYPE
 K
1st 2nd
3rd4th5th6thLanguage ArtsMathScience
Districts
21.3 21.0 21.6
23.0
23.9
24.2
23.9
20.8
22.2
24.0
Charters
22.3
22.8
22.3
22.3
21.9
20.8
21.3
 16.815.0
 17.8
UTAH
21.4
21.1
21.6
23.0
23.8
24.0
 23.7 20.4 21.5 23.4

 

Class Sizes for each School and District

The links below allow you to find the average class size for a specific school or school district:


How does Utah Compare?

Average Class Size in Utah, Western States, and US, Fall 20053

National Rank
StateAverage Class Size
6
Wyoming12.6
17Montana14.0
26New Mexico
14.8
42
Colorado17.0
45Idaho
18.0
46Nevada
19.0
47Washington
19.3
48Oregon
19.5
49California
20.8
50
Arizona
21.3
51
Utah
22.1
 U.S. Average
15.7

Sources

  1. Notes for Average Student to Teacher Ratio, Fall 2000 to Fall 2006:
    • Utah and U.S. student to teacher ratios from fall 2000 to fall 2005 - U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics 2007, Table 63: Teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 2000 through fall 2005.  Accessed at http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d07/tables/dt07_063.asp.
    • Although the Utah State Office of Education (USOE) produces a spreadsheet each year with student to teacher ratios, the spreadsheet for the 2006-07 school year did not include special education teachers in the student to teacher ratio even though the USOE's spreadsheets for the years previous to the 2006-07 school year do.  To see the spreadsheets, go to http://www.schools.utah.gov/finance/statistics/demographic_reports/staff.htm
  2. Utah State Office of Education, School Finance & Statistics, Superintendent's Annual Report: Section II: Data Files, 2006-07, Average Class Size: October 2007.  Accessed at http://www.schools.utah.gov/finance/other/AnnualReport/ar2007.htm
  3. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics 2007, Table 63: Teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 2000 through fall 2005.  Accessed at http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d07/tables/dt07_063.asp.
 
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