The top reported proficiency rate is 54% in English language arts. The lowest is 34% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Belknap School
Belknap School serves kindergarten through sixth grade in Beaver, a small rural county seat in southwestern Utah. It is one of the elementary schools within the Beaver District. The school sits in a town that grew steadily over the past couple of decades and now has a population described as modest. Beaver’s character is tied to its history as a Mormon pioneer settlement and its location along Interstate 15, where it functions as a highway stopover community. The town’s built environment is low-density and oriented around automobile travel. The Beaver River flows through town, and the surrounding landscape includes the Tushar Mountains to the east.
State testing data for Belknap School shows that in English language arts, the share of students meeting the proficiency benchmark sat above the midpoint for the state’s elementary schools. In science, the rate was in a similar range. In math, proficiency was below those marks, and a parent may want to ask the school how math instruction is structured and whether there are supports for students who need them. The data reflects a single snapshot; trend information was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent a change.
The student body at Belknap is predominantly white, with a smaller share of Hispanic students and very small numbers of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on students with disabilities and on English learners was not reported, so those shares are unknown. There were no discipline, staffing, or attendance figures available in the data, which makes it difficult to assess day-to-day school climate from the numbers alone.
Because Belknap is an elementary school serving only kindergarten through sixth grade, it does not have a high school graduation rate. The school also has no advanced placement courses, career and technical education pathways, or dual-credit offerings, as those are programs associated with high schools. For families looking ahead, the Beaver District would be the next point of inquiry for what secondary options are available.
The comparison set that would normally position Belknap against other schools in Beaver County was too small to produce a meaningful comparison. Beaver County has only one district, so Belknap’s performance cannot be placed relative to local peers within that boundary. The data did not provide a state-level or regional comparison beyond what was noted in the proficiency results.
Housing in the area carries a value that lands above the national typical home price but below the Utah state benchmark. The typical cost of a home here is broadly in line with what many families in rural parts of the Intermountain West encounter. Affordability relative to national median household income is tighter than the national long-term average, though mortgage rates at the time of this data were moderate.
The district itself did not yield any publicly reported recent changes or strategic priorities in the research conducted. No boundary adjustments, program launches, or leadership transitions appeared in the available material. Families who want a sense of what is coming next for Belknap or the Beaver District may need to reach out directly to the district office or attend a school board meeting to get that information. The town continues to see steady population growth, but no specific new housing developments or subdivision projects were identified in the search.
Belknap School fits a family looking for a small-town elementary experience in a rural Utah setting where the student body is relatively homogeneous and where the school’s academic profile has a strength in literacy and science, with math an area to explore further. The school’s size and grade span mean it is focused entirely on the early and middle elementary years, with none of the programmatic breadth that comes in high school.
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