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## Contents

* 1 Elections
* 2 Academic performance
* 2.1 NAEP scores
* 2.2 Graduation, ACT and SAT scores
* 2.3 Dropout rate
* 3 Pivot Counties
* 3.1 Pivot Counties
* 3.1.1 Presidential results by legislative district
* 4 Additional elections
* 4.1 See also
* 4.2 Footnotes

# Elections[edit]

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2020 Utah School Board Elections

District  | Primary | General Election | General Runoff Election | Regular term length | Seats up for election | Total board seats | 2016-17 enrollment
Alpine School District | 6/30/2020 | 11/3/2020 | N/A | 4 | 3 | 7 | 78,957
Canyons School District | 6/30/2020 | 11/3/2020 | N/A | 4 | 3 | 7 | 34,520
Davis School District | 6/30/2020 | 11/3/2020 | N/A | 4 | 3 | 7 | 72,987
Granite School District | 6/30/2020 | 11/3/2020 | N/A | 4 | 3 | 7 | 69,580
Jordan School District | 6/30/2020 | 11/3/2020 | N/A | 4 | 4 | 7 | 53,416
Nebo School District | 6/30/2020 | 11/3/2020 | N/A | 4 | 4 | 7 | 33,255
Weber School District | N/A | 11/3/2020 | N/A | 4 | 3 | 7 | 31,594

# Academic performance[edit]

See also: Public education in Utah

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### NAEP scores[edit]

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). The table below presents the percentage of fourth and eighth grade students that scored at or above proficient in reading and math during school year 2012-2013. Compared to three neighboring states (Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada), students in Utah earned the second-highest scores in all categories, falling behind students in Colorado.[1]

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. averages | 41% | 34% | 34% | 34%
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables"

### Graduation, ACT and SAT scores[edit]

See also: Graduation rates by groups in state and ACT and SAT scores in the United States

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.[1][2][3]

In the United States, public schools reported graduation rates that averaged to about 81.4 percent. About 54 percent of all students in the country took the ACT, while 50 percent reported taking the SAT. The average national composite scores for those tests were 20.9 out of a possible 36 for the ACT, and 1498 out of a possible 2400 for the SAT.[4]

Utah schools reported a graduation rate of 83 percent during the 2012-2013 school year, highest among its neighboring states.

In Utah, more students took the ACT than the SAT in 2013, earning an average ACT score of 20.7.

Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores, 2012-2013

State  | Graduation rate, 2013  | Average ACT composite, 2013  | Average SAT composite, 2013
Percent  | Quintile ranking**  | Score  | Participation rate  | Score  | Participation rate
Utah | 83% | Third | 20.7 | 100% | 1684 | 6%
Arizona | 75.1% | Fifth | 19.6 | 50% | 1551 | 35%
Colorado | 76.9% | Fourth | 20.4 | 100% | 1721 | 14%
Nevada | 70.7% | Fifth | 21.3 | 32% | 1454 | 48%
United States | 81.4% | 20.9 | 54% | 1498 | 50%
**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.
Sources: United States Department of Education, "ED Data Express"
ACT.org, "2013 ACT National and State Scores"
The Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT scores by state, 2013"

### Dropout rate[edit]

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 nine through 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 2010–2011 and school year 2011–2012. 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.[5]

# Pivot Counties[edit]

## Pivot Counties[edit]

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Utah. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Utah with 45.5 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 27.5 percent. Independent candidate and Utah native Evan McMullin received 21.5 percent of the vote, his strongest showing in a state. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Utah cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 76.7 percent of the time. In that same timeframe, Utah supported Republican candidates more often than Democrats, 73.3 to 23.3 percent. The state favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

#### Presidential results by legislative district[edit]

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Utah. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[6][7]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won seven out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 20.8 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 19 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 21.9 points. Clinton won six districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 68 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 54.4 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 56 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 30.7 points.

2016 presidential results by state House district

District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control
1 | 9.42% | 89.03% | R+79.6 | 10.81% | 62.88% | R+52.1 | R
2 | 9.49% | 88.76% | R+79.3 | 11.45% | 51.57% | R+40.1 | R
3 | 12.34% | 85.57% | R+73.2 | 15.18% | 48.43% | R+33.2 | R
4 | 22.96% | 73.62% | R+50.7 | 30.29% | 33.77% | R+3.5 | R
5 | 10.92% | 87.18% | R+76.3 | 13.60% | 51.67% | R+38.1 | R
6 | 10.18% | 87.91% | R+77.7 | 13.94% | 48.70% | R+34.8 | R
7 | 22.58% | 75.17% | R+52.6 | 24.95% | 47.41% | R+22.5 | R
8 | 32.39% | 64.89% | R+32.5 | 33.89% | 42.27% | R+8.4 | R
9 | 30.35% | 67.18% | R+36.8 | 29.16% | 46.44% | R+17.3 | R
10 | 34.81% | 62.01% | R+27.2 | 37.00% | 38.57% | R+1.6 | R
11 | 24.47% | 73.17% | R+48.7 | 25.28% | 48.10% | R+22.8 | R
12 | 20.44% | 77.27% | R+56.8 | 20.63% | 52.90% | R+32.3 | R
13 | 19.95% | 77.67% | R+57.7 | 20.41% | 47.72% | R+27.3 | R
14 | 21.75% | 75.91% | R+54.2 | 21.48% | 44.83% | R+23.4 | R
15 | 13.20% | 85.22% | R+72 | 15.05% | 49.86% | R+34.8 | R
16 | 22.55% | 75.36% | R+52.8 | 24.02% | 47.62% | R+23.6 | R
17 | 15.44% | 82.73% | R+67.3 | 18.65% | 44.09% | R+25.4 | R
18 | 14.51% | 83.99% | R+69.5 | 18.83% | 43.66% | R+24.8 | R
19 | 19.24% | 78.78% | R+59.5 | 23.75% | 40.60% | R+16.8 | R
20 | 21.05% | 77.07% | R+56 | 25.91% | 40.61% | R+14.7 | R
21 | 27.07% | 70.44% | R+43.4 | 24.26% | 47.55% | R+23.3 | R
22 | 37.41% | 59.20% | R+21.8 | 35.79% | 35.31% | D+0.5 | D
23 | 56.84% | 39.68% | D+17.2 | 59.42% | 21.08% | D+38.3 | D
24 | 61.48% | 33.07% | D+28.4 | 68.79% | 16.04% | D+52.8 | D
25 | 69.65% | 23.70% | D+45.9 | 74.08% | 11.49% | D+62.6 | D
26 | 60.94% | 32.81% | D+28.1 | 64.98% | 19.07% | D+45.9 | D
27 | 6.44% | 92.24% | R+85.8 | 11.91% | 56.88% | R+45 | R
28 | 54.60% | 41.73% | D+12.9 | 64.09% | 18.31% | D+45.8 | D
29 | 13.06% | 85.33% | R+72.3 | 14.40% | 58.81% | R+44.4 | R
30 | 36.99% | 60.36% | R+23.4 | 38.48% | 33.65% | D+4.8 | R
31 | 43.06% | 54.05% | R+11 | 43.41% | 31.30% | D+12.1 | D
32 | 27.09% | 70.42% | R+43.3 | 31.20% | 42.83% | R+11.6 | R
33 | 44.21% | 52.69% | R+8.5 | 44.63% | 31.45% | D+13.2 | R
34 | 39.64% | 57.37% | R+17.7 | 41.60% | 31.42% | D+10.2 | D
35 | 51.49% | 44.22% | D+7.3 | 55.00% | 24.81% | D+30.2 | D
36 | 42.19% | 54.94% | R+12.7 | 49.52% | 26.90% | D+22.6 | D
37 | 40.42% | 56.67% | R+16.3 | 45.86% | 31.84% | D+14 | D
38 | 37.19% | 59.58% | R+22.4 | 37.41% | 33.31% | D+4.1 | R
39 | 35.46% | 61.95% | R+26.5 | 36.62% | 35.54% | D+1.1 | R
40 | 50.87% | 45.38% | D+5.5 | 56.43% | 22.35% | D+34.1 | D
41 | 16.24% | 81.72% | R+65.5 | 18.41% | 49.31% | R+30.9 | R
42 | 23.97% | 73.84% | R+49.9 | 27.04% | 39.88% | R+12.8 | R
43 | 30.88% | 66.58% | R+35.7 | 32.50% | 37.41% | R+4.9 | R
44 | 37.44% | 59.36% | R+21.9 | 40.71% | 33.05% | D+7.7 | R
45 | 34.33% | 62.63% | R+28.3 | 37.99% | 35.99% | D+2 | R
46 | 41.80% | 55.26% | R+13.5 | 47.04% | 32.01% | D+15 | D
47 | 29.03% | 68.70% | R+39.7 | 30.89% | 39.06% | R+8.2 | R
48 | 8.85% | 89.34% | R+80.5 | 15.28% | 49.21% | R+33.9 | R
49 | 33.11% | 64.55% | R+31.4 | 37.68% | 38.47% | R+0.8 | R
50 | 18.79% | 79.57% | R+60.8 | 23.63% | 43.95% | R+20.3 | R
51 | 22.76% | 75.35% | R+52.6 | 27.60% | 46.79% | R+19.2 | R
52 | 18.13% | 79.66% | R+61.5 | 20.72% | 46.22% | R+25.5 | R
53 | 24.78% | 72.98% | R+48.2 | 28.04% | 53.13% | R+25.1 | R
54 | 36.66% | 60.93% | R+24.3 | 39.86% | 41.21% | R+1.3 | R
55 | 8.36% | 90.17% | R+81.8 | 7.51% | 77.30% | R+69.8 | R
56 | 8.26% | 89.97% | R+81.7 | 12.12% | 51.01% | R+38.9 | R
57 | 8.06% | 90.22% | R+82.2 | 12.76% | 53.20% | R+40.4 | R
58 | 9.98% | 88.32% | R+78.3 | 10.13% | 66.35% | R+56.2 | R
59 | 10.79% | 87.00% | R+76.2 | 15.98% | 48.16% | R+32.2 | R
60 | 10.30% | 87.22% | R+76.9 | 16.52% | 47.59% | R+31.1 | R
61 | 13.38% | 84.32% | R+70.9 | 18.52% | 43.41% | R+24.9 | R
62 | 13.30% | 85.02% | R+71.7 | 13.61% | 71.08% | R+57.5 | R
63 | 11.11% | 86.48% | R+75.4 | 18.77% | 31.71% | R+12.9 | R
64 | 14.96% | 81.98% | R+67 | 21.07% | 38.70% | R+17.6 | R
65 | 9.38% | 88.79% | R+79.4 | 13.36% | 54.10% | R+40.7 | R
66 | 8.98% | 89.30% | R+80.3 | 11.64% | 58.71% | R+47.1 | R
67 | 9.57% | 88.60% | R+79 | 10.46% | 62.32% | R+51.9 | R
68 | 15.24% | 82.39% | R+67.2 | 14.03% | 62.30% | R+48.3 | R
69 | 26.06% | 71.16% | R+45.1 | 20.44% | 66.97% | R+46.5 | R
70 | 15.90% | 81.72% | R+65.8 | 14.64% | 71.90% | R+57.3 | R
71 | 14.57% | 83.10% | R+68.5 | 14.76% | 69.24% | R+54.5 | R
72 | 13.87% | 83.89% | R+70 | 15.11% | 63.65% | R+48.5 | R
73 | 24.42% | 73.56% | R+49.1 | 23.16% | 62.62% | R+39.5 | R
74 | 17.87% | 80.76% | R+62.9 | 20.14% | 66.98% | R+46.8 | R
75 | 13.77% | 84.32% | R+70.6 | 15.58% | 68.95% | R+53.4 | R
Total | 24.75% | 72.79% | R+48 | 27.46% | 45.54% | R+18.1 | \-
Source: Daily Kos

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014
2. ↑ ACT, "2012 ACT National and State Scores," accessed May 13, 2014
3. ↑ Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT Scores by State 2013," October 10, 2013
4. ↑ StudyPoints, "What's a good SAT score or ACT score?" accessed June 7, 2015
5. ↑ United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data (CCD), State Dropout and Graduation Rate Data File, School Year 2010-11, Provision Version 1a and School Year 2011-12, Preliminary Version 1a," accessed May 13, 2014
6. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
7. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017

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