Jean Massieu School for the Deaf

SALT LAKE CITY · UT · Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind · Public · K-12 combined

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Jordan Valley School → Entrada → Youth Educational Support School → Blind Region 2 → City Academy → Mana Academy Charter School → Salt Lake Technology Center → Murray Adult Transition →

📋 At a glance

Academic signals

🎓 4-yr grad rate: 75% (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

Composed from EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

This is a special-education school. It serves students with disabilities, who take alternate state assessments rather than the SAT/ACT. College-prep measures like test participation and AP rigor aren't collected here and don't reflect what this school does.

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🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

75%

Range: 50–100%

4-year cohort size

8

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

21.7%

Typical mix. Watch the trend — high turnover can compound.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

13.0%

Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

22.4%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

🏛️ Your state's public flagship

University of Utah

87%

admit rate

$9,620

in-state tuition/yr · $30,860 out-of-state

1180–1398

SAT 25–75 · ACT 22–29

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,200/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full University of Utah profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

3.4%

Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.

Students absent 15+ days

5

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

420:1

Around the US median. Counselors are stretched but functional.

Counselor FTE

0.3

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

19

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +13.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 147 students:

2025

167

2027

215

2029

278

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

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School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Jordan Valley School MIDVALE	Public	6.0	34	—
Entrada SANDY	Public	7.9	22	—
Youth Educational Support School SALT LAKE CITY	Public	1.9	62	-8.8%
Blind Region 2 SALT LAKE CITY	Public	0.0	12	—
City Academy SALT LAKE CITY	Public · charter	4.8	65	-20.7%
Mana Academy Charter School WEST VALLEY CITY	Public · charter	6.9	60	-1.6%
Salt Lake Technology Center SALT LAKE CITY	Public	3.2	—	—
Murray Adult Transition MURRAY	Public	3.5	—	—