Schools in Boulder · Garfield School District
Boulder’s public schools score below 52% of Utah districts
The public schools Boulder’s kids attend trail 52% of Utah’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
27%beats similar-income towns
Math proficiency
35%
▼ 4 pts vs UT 39%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
▲ 7 pts vs UT 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$12.0K
▲ 5% vs UT $11.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
3.3
UT 21.6 · smaller classes
Schools
1
7 students
The School Grade
How Boulder compares
B− Test scores
Utah school districts we grade (153)Better than 48%
Lower resultsHigher results
Utah towns with similar household incomes (15)Better than 27%
Good confidence. Built on 462 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Utah’s state tests against the state average. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Utah only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Boulder.
The path, start to finish
PK–6Boulder SchoolGarfield School District
7–123 schoolsDepends on your address
123 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
How students score
Math35%
State average 38.8%
Every school in Boulder
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Elementary
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School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within Utah. Stars are from neighbors.