Table of contents
•	Title page
•	Introduction
•	Acknowledgments
•	National Summary
	State Profiles
	-	Alabama
	-	Alaska
	-	Arizona
	-	Arkansas
	-	California
	-	Colorado
	-	Connecticut
	-	Delaware
	-	District of Columbia
	-	Florida
	-	Georgia
	-	Hawaii
	-	Idaho
	-	Illinois
	-	Indiana
	-	Iowa
	-	Kansas
	-	Kentucky
	-	Louisiana
	-	Maine
	-	Maryland
	-	Massachusetts
	-	Michigan
	-	Minnesota
	-	Mississippi
	-	Missouri
	-	Montana
	-	Nebraska
	-	Nevada
	-	New Hampshire
	-	New Jersey
	-	New Mexico
	-	New York
	-	North Carolina
	-	North Dakota
	-	Ohio
	-	Oklahoma
	-	Oregon
	-	Pennsylvania
	-	Puerto Rico
	-	Rhode Island
	-	South Carolina
	-	South Dakota
	-	Tennessee
	-	Texas
	-	Utah
	-	Vermont
	-	Virginia
	-	Washington
	-	West Virginia
	-	Wisconsin
	-	Wyoming
•	Sources
•	Appendix A
•	Appendix B
•	Appendix C
•	Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Utah
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/

School and Teacher Demographics
Student Demographics
Statewide Accountability Information
Title I Schools
Assessment Information
Student Achievement 1998-1999
NAEP State Results
Printable version of this profile (PDF format)

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
456	127	147	15	24

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
21:1	21:1	20:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
11,782	4,960	6,099	173	504

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	324,004	318,162
9-12 (CCD)	114,550	147,888
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	1,856

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

State 61.0%, Local 32.1%, Federal 6.9%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	1.4%	1.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.8	2.6
Black	0.5	0.8
Hispanic	3.7	7.2
White	92.6	87.8

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
9.5%	10.3%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
18,636	35,286

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
2,302	2,872

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
3.5%	5.2%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
56%	44%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program*
(CCD, 1998-99)

For 0 to 34%, 555 schools; 35 to 49%, 89 schools; 50 to 74%, 54 schools; and 75 to 100%, 25 schools.

*46 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
School accreditation process, district accountability reporting

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Not by state

Indicators for School Accountability
None

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Meet state average at basic or higher level or increase 3 percent per year at basic or higher (Utah End of Level Tests).

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
183 (78.9%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	59,886
9-12	2,297
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	3,064	454
Asian/Pacific Islander	2,890	260
Black	11,752	2,384
Hispanic	1,260	167
White	27,960	13,043

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)

$35,262,282

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, 16 schools with schoolwide programs and 278 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 76 schoolwide, 166 targeted assistance; in 1999, 90 schoolwide, 142 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Utah End of Level Test, revised in 2000. District participation is voluntary as opposed to mandated. All 40 districts participated in both subjects at both grade levels.

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Utah has requested a timeline waiver.

State Definition of "Proficient" used since 1995
Score of 86% and above on CRTs, new levels in 2001

Definition of Title I Targeted Assistance
All students in Title I schools at tested grade are included in the assessment results.

Exclusion from Assessment
Certain IEP and LEP students.

Other Assessments
Stanford 9 at grades 5, 8, and 11

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading
		Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		37%	35%	23%	5%
Title I Schoolwide		51	31	22	4
Title I Targeted		38	25	14	3
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	32	36	27	6
	75-100	57	27	13	2
LEP Students		72	21	6	1
Migrant students		56	35	9	0

Student achievement trend
Reading 4th grade meets or exceeds Proficient

For 1998-99, 28% of all students, 33% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 15% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient.

Mathematics
		Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		38%	23%	30%	9%
Title I Schoolwide		53	22	21	5
Title I Targeted		37	23	30	10
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	38	22	31	9
	75-100	64	19	13	3
LEP Students		61	20	15	3
Migrant students		61	29	10	0

Grade 6

Reading
		Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		39%	34%	22%	4%
Title I Schoolwide		53	30	14	2
Title I Targeted		40	35	20	5
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	39	34	22	5
	75-100	56	29	13	2
LEP Students		73	19	6	1
Migrant students		75	23	2	0

Mathematics
		Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		60%	18%	17%	5%
Title I Schoolwide		72	13	11	3
Title I Targeted		60	17	18	5
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	58	18	19	5
	75-100	80	11	8	2
LEP Students		77	12	8	2
Migrant students		85	15	0	0

Student achievement trend
Math 6th grade meets or exceeds Proficient

For 1998-99, 22% of all students, 24% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 10% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Proficient.

Grade 11

Reading/LanguageArts
	Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students	49%	11%	36%	5%
Title I Schoolwide	86	5	4	0
Title I Targeted	75	0	21	4

Math
	Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students	33%	14%	47%	6%
Title I Schoolwide	78	11	11	0
Title I Targeted	67	13	21	0

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	28%	31%
Basic level and above	62%	77%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	24%	26%
Basic level and above	70%	68%