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"The demise of small districts was coincidental with the demise of small schools. The two phenonmena together have led to a serious disconnect between young people and adults, between youth culture and adult culture."
- Deborah Meier
Utah School Districts by Administrative Cost per Pupil for the years 1998-2001
View as a PDF file.Fiscal Year 1998-1999 |
Fiscal Year 1999-2000 |
Fiscal Year 2000-2001 |
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| District | Number of Students | Admin Cost Per Pupil | District | Number of Students | Admin Cost Per Pupil | District | Number of Students | Admin Cost Per Pupil |
| Logan | 5840 | $165 | Logan | 5840 | $181 | Logan | 5778 | $169 |
| So. Sanpete | 2878 | $175 | So. Sanpete | 2816 | $203 | Juab | 1830 | $219 |
| Juab | 1796 | $206 | Juab | 1822 | $205 | So. Sanpete | 2741 | $225 |
| Davis | 58767 | $222 | Alpine | 45842 | $234 | Nebo | 21066 | $249 |
| Nebo | 19959 | $225 | Nebo | 20519 | $237 | Alpine | 47117 | $256 |
| Alpine | 45208 | $230 | Davis | 58947 | $244 | Davis | 58867 | $257 |
| Jordan | 73285 | $232 | Cache | 13143 | $247 | Tooele | 9177 | $262 |
| Granite | 72848 | $238 | Granite | 71546 | $247 | Granite | 70664 | $264 |
| Salt Lake | 25207 | $243 | Jordan | 73110 | $250 | Cache | 13170 | $266 |
| Wasatch | 3581 | $244 | Tooele | 8777 | $250 | Salt Lake | 24981 | $274 |
| Cache | 13225 | $250 | Salt Lake | 24960 | $256 | No. Sanpete | 2489 | $278 |
| Weber | 28058 | $259 | Weber | 28134 | $270 | Jordan | 73157 | $281 |
| Tooele | 8169 | $264 | Morgan | 2047 | $271 | Weber | 28009 | $290 |
| Murray | 6788 | $264 | Box Elder | 11052 | $275 | Box Elder | 10927 | $293 |
| Box Elder | 11215 | $265 | Sevier | 4621 | $279 | Iron | 7176 | $295 |
| Sevier | 4733 | $268 | Wasatch | 3610 | $280 | Morgan | 2019 | $298 |
| No. Sanpete | 2554 | $271 | No. Summit | 1012 | $281 | Murray | 6481 | $308 |
| Provo | 13486 | $272 | Murray | 6584 | $281 | Sevier | 4477 | $308 |
| Millard | 3606 | $273 | No. Sanpete | 2513 | $283 | No. Summit | 993 | $308 |
| Morgan | 2047 | $275 | Millard | 3476 | $292 | Provo | 13241 | $319 |
| Uintah | 6472 | $276 | Iron | 6978 | $292 | Washington | 18374 | $322 |
| Iron | 6948 | $286 | Provo | 13438 | $293 | Wasatch | 3678 | $330 |
| No. Summit | 987 | $288 | Uintah | 6233 | $295 | So. Summit | 1280 | $333 |
| Washington | 18513 | $289 | Carbon | 4656 | $296 | Ogden | 12750 | $334 |
| Carbon | 4639 | $289 | Washington | 18501 | $299 | Millard | 3363 | $336 |
| Grand | 1626 | $290 | So. Summit | 1258 | $310 | Uintah | 6014 | $336 |
| Beaver | 1456 | $296 | Grand | 1620 | $321 | Carbon | 4285 | $350 |
| So. Summit | 1265 | $304 | Ogden | 12809 | $323 | Grand | 1560 | $356 |
| Ogden | 12740 | $312 | Beaver | 1432 | $339 | Beaver | 1426 | $363 |
| Kane | 1444 | $314 | Duchesne | 4167 | $364 | Kane | 1335 | $389 |
| Piute | 372 | $343 | Kane | 1394 | $368 | Duchesne | 4140 | $391 |
| Duchesne | 4324 | $357 | Park City | 3818 | $384 | Park City | 3921 | $400 |
| Park City | 3800 | $362 | San Juan | 3308 | $403 | Piute | 354 | $409 |
| San Juan | 3430 | $377 | Rich | 503 | $407 | Rich | 473 | $476 |
| Rich | 506 | $397 | Wayne | 571 | $431 | San Juan | 3146 | $478 |
| Emery | 3101 | $403 | Piute | 349 | $433 | Wayne | 550 | $499 |
| Tintic | 339 | $427 | Emery | 2973 | $443 | Emery | 2714 | $537 |
| Wayne | 554 | $454 | Garfield | 1114 | $481 | Garfield | 1115 | $549 |
| Garfield | 1112 | $517 | Tintic | 308 | $504 | Daggett | 164 | $719 |
| Daggett | 183 | $615 | Daggett | 173 | $658 | Tintic | 267 | $873 |
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"...Webb & Ohm, (1984) found smaller districts more efficient than larger ones in both dollars per student and numbers of administrators per student...." From "A District of a Certain Size, an Exploration of the Debate on School District Size" by Florence R. Webb, University of California Berkeley (Published in Education and Urban Society, February, 1989 |
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