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Elections Information

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A total of 14 Utah school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for 50 seats. Each district held elections on November 4, 2014.

Here are several quick facts about Utah's school board elections in 2014:

• An average of 2.28 candidates ran for each board seat up for election in 2014 in Utah’s largest school districts by enrollment, which was higher than the national average of 1.89 candidates per seat.
• 26 percent of the school board seats on the ballot in 2014 were unopposed. This was a lower percentage than the 32.57 percent of school board seats that were unopposed nationally.

• 76 percent of the incumbents whose seats were on the ballot ran for re-election in 2014, and they retained 60 percent of the total seats up for election.
• A total of 20 newcomers were elected to school boards in Utah. They took 40 percent of the total seats in 2014, which was higher than the 38.19 percent of school board seats that went to newcomers nationally.
• The largest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Granite School District with 70,083 K-12 students.
• The smallest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Box Elder School District with 11,310 K-12 students.
• Eight districts were tied for the most seats on the ballot in 2014 with four seats up for election in each district.
• Six districts were tied for the fewest seats on the ballot in 2014 with three seats up for election in each district.

The districts listed below served 466,444 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.

2014 Utah School Board Elections
District	Date	Seats up for election	Total board seats	Student enrollment
Alpine School District	11/4/2014	4	7	67,076
Box Elder School District	11/4/2014	3	7	11,310
Cache County School District	11/4/2014	4	7	15,648
Canyons School District	11/4/2014	4	7	33,714
Davis School District	11/4/2014	4	7	67,452
Granite School District	11/4/2014	4	7	70,083
Jordan School District	11/4/2014	3	7	50,048
Nebo School District	11/4/2014	3	7	29,848
Ogden School District	11/4/2014	3	7	12,747
Provo School District	11/4/2014	4	7	13,753
Salt Lake City School District	11/4/2014	3	7	24,647
Tooele County School District	11/4/2014	3	7	13,596
Washington County School District	11/4/2014	4	7	26,091
Weber School District	11/4/2014	4	7	30,431

State profile

Demographic data for Utah
	Utah	U.S.
Total population:	2,990,632	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	82,170	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	87.6%	73.6%
Black/African American:	1.1%	12.6%
Asian:	2.2%	5.1%
Native American:	1.1%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.6%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	13.4%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	91.2%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	31.1%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$60,727	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	12.7%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Utah. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Utah

Utah voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

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Academic performance

See also: Public education in Utah

Education terms
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NAEP scores

See also: NAEP scores by state

The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Compared to three neighboring states (Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada), Utah has the second highest share of fourth and eighth grade students who scored at or above proficient in both math and reading.

Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013
	Math - Grade 4	Math - Grade 8	Reading - Grade 4	Reading - Grade 8
Utah	44%	36%	37%	39%
Arizona	40%	31%	28%	28%
Colorado	50%	42%	41%	40%
Nevada	34%	28%	27%	30%
U.S. average	41%	34%	34%	34%
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014

Graduation, ACT and SAT scores

See also: Graduation rates by groups in state and ACT and SAT scores in the U.S.

The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for Utah and surrounding states during the 2012-2013 school year. All statements made in this section refer to that school year.

Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores*
State	Graduation rate, 2012		Average ACT composite, 2012		Average SAT composite, 2013
	Percent	Quintile ranking**	Score	Participation rate	Score	Participation rate
Utah	80%	Third	20.7	97%	1,684	6%
Arizona	76%	Fourth	19.7	35%	1,551	35%
Colorado	75%	Fourth	20.6	100%	1,721	14%
Nevada	63%	Fifth	21.3	34%	1,454	48%
U.S. average	80%		21.1		1,498
*Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Rate (except for Idaho, Kentucky, Oklahoma, which did not report “Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate,” but instead used their own method of calculation). **Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally. Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express

Dropout rate

See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states

The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades 9–12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–11 and school year 2011–12. The event dropout rate for Utah was lower than the national average at 1.5 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, and 1.5 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.

See also

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