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Class Size & Enrollment

Utah's Unique Demographics

Utah's unique demographics play a major role in Utah's class sizes being the highest in the nation.

Average Household Size

Utah has the largest average household size in the U.S.

Average Household Size, 20061

Rank

State

Average
Household Size
1st
Utah
3.08
6th
Arizona
2.72
11th
New Mexico
2.64
13th
Nevada
2.63
16thIdaho
2.61
25th
Colorado
2.52
37th
Montana
2.47
43rd
Wyoming
2.42
National Average
 2.61

 

Work Force to Student Ratio

In Utah, there are only 2.44 people in the work force for every public school student.


Number of Workers per Student, 2006

  Percent of Utah
Population
    Public School Students2
524,00321%
    Utah Work Force3 1,276,929
50%
Number of Workers
per Student
2.44
 

 

Students as a percentage of the population

1 out of every 5 Utahns is a public school student.  The percentage of Utah's population that is enrolled in a public school is the second highest in the U.S. (Alaska is #1).  In addition, Utah has the lowest amount of personal income per student in the U.S.

Enrollment as % of Population and Personal Income Figures
U.S. Census Bureau4

% of State's Population Enrolled
in Public School (Fall 2005)
  Amount of Personal
Income Per Student (2005)
 Rank

State
(Mountain West)

% Population
Enrolled
  Rank
State
(Mountain West)

Personal
Income per Student

2Utah19.9%  15
Colorado
$225,563
4Idaho18.1%  18Wyoming$219,453
9Nevada17.1%  19Nevada
$218,698
12New Mexico
17.0%  36Montana$188,030
14
Wyoming
16.9%
  38Arizona$180,078
15Arizona16.9%  47New Mexico$165,283
14Colorado16.7%  49Idaho$156,453
34Montana15.5%  51Utah$141,321
        
NATIONAL AVERAGE
16.32%
  NATIONAL AVERAGE$213,901

 

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Sources:

  1. U.S Census Bureau, R1105: Average Household Size: 2006.  Accessed at http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GRTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US49&-_box_head_nbr=R1105&-ds_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-format=US-30&-mt_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_R2002_US30&-_sse=on
  2. Utah State Office of Education, School Finance & Statistics, Superintendent's Annual Report: Section II: Data Files, 2006-07, Fall Enrollment by District/Charter and Year: Fall 1992 - Projected Fall 2008 and Private School Fall Enrollment by County & District, October 2, 2007 and Home Schooled Students by District, 2003-2007. Accessed at http://www.schools.utah.gov/finance/other/AnnualReport/ar2007.htm.
  3. U.S. Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2006 American Community Survey Data Profile Highlights, Utah.  Accessed at http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=04000US49&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010
  4. U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, "Public Education Finances Report: 2006."  Accessed at http://www.census.gov/govs/www/school06.html

 

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