Tintic School District is a school district located in western
Juab County
Juab County ( ) is a county in western Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 10,246. Its county seat and largest city is Nephi.
Juab County is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical ...
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Utah
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Description
The district serves the western part of Juab County, while the
Juab School District
Juab School District is a school district located in eastern Juab County, Utah, United States. It serves the far eastern part of Juab County (Juab Valley, the portion of the county along the Interstate 15 corridor), while the Tintic School Dist ...
serves the very eastern portion (along the
Interstate 15
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corridor). In addition to the residents of the more than of western Juab County, the district also serves several out of state students (from
White Pine County
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Nevada
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).
The district is the second smallest of the 41 school districts within the state.
History
The Tintic School District was established in 1914 when the existing school districts in Eureka,
Knightsville,
Mammoth
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Silver City, and the West Desert (the area near the
Nevada
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border on the far west end of the county, including communities of
Callao
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Partoun, and
Trout Creek) were consolidated. It originally served the children of the many mining workers of the
Tintic Mining District, but as the mining industry in the area declined, so has the number of students.
Communities served
The Tintic School District serves the following communities:
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Callao
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Eureka
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Mammoth
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Partoun
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Trout Creek
Schools
The following are schools within the Tintic School District:
Elementary schools
* Eureka Elementary School -
Eureka
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* West Desert Elementary School -
Trout Creek
High schools
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Tintic High School
Tintic High School is a small rural public high school in Eureka, Utah, United States.
Description
Tintic High School is one of two high schools in the Tintic School District. There are approximately 145 students in grades 7‑ 12. Although t ...
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Eureka
Eureka (often abbreviated as E!, or Σ!) is an intergovernmental organisation for research and development funding and coordination. Eureka is an open platform for international cooperation in innovation. Organisations and companies applying th ...
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West Desert High School -
Trout Creek
See also
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List of school districts in Utah
The following is a list of public school districts within the State of Utah in the United States. In addition to the schools governed by these districts, the state has approximately 100 charter schools that operate independently of school districts ...
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Juab School District
Juab School District is a school district located in eastern Juab County, Utah, United States. It serves the far eastern part of Juab County (Juab Valley, the portion of the county along the Interstate 15 corridor), while the Tintic School Dist ...
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School districts in Utah
Education in Juab County, Utah
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