Fast Facts on Utah Public Education

Average Teacher Salary:
Utah (2005–06) $41,359
Nation (2005–06) $50,379
 
Pupil-Teacher Ratio:
Utah (2005) 22.1 students
Nation (2005) 15.7 students
 

Number of Licensed Educators (by FTE):
Classroom Teachers 24,333
Educator Specialists 2,788
District and School Administrators 1,434
Total FTEs 28,555

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

Value of the WPU*:
2008–09 School Year Weighted Pupil Unit = $2,577 per Pupil

*The weighted pupil unit (WPU) is the basic source of funding for public education and accounts for about half of all school funding. It is paid to districts according to enrollments.
 

Per Pupil Spending in Perspective, 2006:
  Nation Utah Rank
Total $9,154 $5,464 51
Instruction $5,583 $3,453 51
Pupil Support $476 $202  51
Staff Support $446 $256 48
School Admin           $515 $332 50
District Admin $182 $64 51

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau
Funding by Source Expenditures by Function

By School District:
(As of October 2008)

   Ethnicity
 

 

 Number Percent
Statewide Enrollment 551,370   American Indian 7,570 1.4%
Alpine 61,223   Asian 9,593 1.7%
Beaver 1,577   Black 7,955 1.4%
Box Elder 11,132   Hispanic 79,400 14.4%
Cache 14,579   Pacific Islander 8,548 1.6%
Carbon 3,502   Unknown Race 3,023 0.5%
Daggett 142   White 434,924 79.0%
Davis 65,014   Total 551,013 100.0%
Duchesne 4,355        
Emery 2,256  

Number of Schools
Garfield 911   Type of School Number  
Grand 1,498   Elementary Schools 514  
Granite 68,403   Middle/Junior High Schools 147  
Iron 8,344   High Schools 113  
Jordan 81,017   Special Ed. Schools 51  
Juab 2,203   Alternative Schools 46  
Kane 1,202   Charter Schools 66  
Logan 5,960   Vocational Schools 6  
Millard 2,829   Youth in Custody Schools 45  
Morgan 2,276   Virtual Schools 6  
Murray 6,458   Total 994  
Nebo 27,592        
No. Sanpete 2,329        
No. Summit 988        
Ogden 12,884        
Park City 4,477        
Piute 319        
Provo 13,288        
Rich 450        
Salt Lake 23,678        
San Juan 2,889        
Sevier 4,511        
So. Sanpete 2,955        
So. Summit 1,427        
Tintic 232        
Tooele 13,406        
Uintah 6,408        
Wasatch 4,745        
Washington 25,775        
Wayne 531        
Weber 29,879        
Charter Schools 27,369        
Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind 357        

SOURCE: Utah State Office of Education