The top reported proficiency rate is 47% in Science. The lowest is 37% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Tintic District
Tintic District is a small school district in Juab County, Utah, serving students from preschool through twelfth grade. The district’s enrollment is modest, with a student population that is predominantly white. A smaller but meaningful share of students identifies as Hispanic, and a few more identify as two or more races. Information on the number of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals was not available, nor were counts of students with individualized education programs or English learners, so a family looking to understand economic or special education support at the district level will need to ask the schools directly.
State testing data for the district covers grades three through eight on the RISE assessment. In mathematics, the share of students scoring proficient in the most recent year was below what many parents would consider a strong result. English language arts proficiency from the prior year was similarly modest. Science performance was somewhat higher, though still short of a majority of students reaching the proficient mark. A parent considering this district may want to follow up on how the schools are working to raise these numbers, particularly in math and reading. The district serves high school grades as well, but no graduation rate data appeared in the information available, so that is another point to investigate directly.
Nearly all tested subjects had a single year of results in the data, with no multi-year trend available to show whether performance is moving up or down. The state changed cut scores for English language arts in a recent cycle, so reading comparisons across years should be made with caution.
The district includes five schools: Eureka School, Tintic High, West Desert School, West Desert High School, and Tintic Preschool. Without grade spans or program details in the data, it is not clear how students are divided between these buildings—whether, for example, some schools serve middle grades while others cover elementary. A family new to the area should confirm which school their child would attend and what grades each building houses.
No community or locale brief was provided, so the surrounding towns and housing market are not described here. Likewise, no recent district-level changes—such as boundary adjustments, building projects, or curriculum shifts—were found in publicly reported sources. That does not mean nothing has changed, only that the data did not capture it. The district’s size and rural location mean a parent should expect to reach out directly for the kind of day-to-day information that drives a school decision: bus routes, after-school options, class sizes, and the specific programs at each school.
Because Tintic District is the only district in Juab County, there is no direct comparison to neighboring public districts within the same county. That leaves a family without a ready benchmark from the immediate area, though districts in adjacent counties may offer a practical reference. Overall, this is a small rural district with moderate test results, a mostly white student body, and a handful of schools that cover the full K‑12 span. The missing pieces—economic data, special education counts, graduation rates, and program offerings—are significant enough that anyone considering this district will want to fill them in through direct conversations with the schools.
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