Canyon View Middle School

Canyon View Middle School in Huntington, Utah, is a public school serving 215 students in grades 6–8 and is part of the Emery District. The district ranks about the middle of Utah’s districts, while Canyon View ranks 120th out of 217 Utah middle schools, around the 45th percentile, with a 2-star rating. The school’s closest comparison is San Rafael Middle School in Ferron, about 19.7 miles away. San Rafael serves the same grades, has 221 students, and is in the same district, making it a useful comparison. Overall, the two schools are currently nearly identical in statewide ranking, with Canyon View just one place ahead.

Canyon View’s most encouraging academic story is mathematics. In 2025–2026, its average math proficiency was 40.1%, compared with 31.2% at San Rafael. Canyon View was especially stronger in Grade 8, where math proficiency was 46.9% versus 23.9% at San Rafael, and in Grade 7, where it was 49.3% versus 38.9%. Math performance improved in all three grades from the prior year. Science is another area of promise, particularly Grade 6, where 70.9% of students reached proficiency—above both the district and state rates. However, results vary by grade, with weaker science performance in Grade 8. English Language Arts is the clearest academic concern: Canyon View trailed San Rafael in every grade, and Grade 6 ELA proficiency was 25.5%, nearly 19 percentage points below the district and state rates.

The school’s overall ranking has improved considerably, rising from approximately the 24th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 45th percentile in 2025–2026. Still, chronic absenteeism remains a significant challenge. In 2024–2025, 36.1% of Canyon View students were chronically absent, compared with 31.9% at San Rafael and 23.8% statewide. Although this is a major improvement from 65.2% in 2022–2023, the rate remains high enough to interfere with consistent learning. Canyon View and San Rafael have nearly identical student-teacher ratios—16.4 and 16.5 students per teacher, respectively—and similar operating contexts. For parents, the main takeaways are strong recent math growth, excellent Grade 6 science results, and a need for continued attention to sixth-grade literacy and math, upper-grade science, and student attendance.