About Daggett School District and Daggett County
Daggett School District is located in Daggett County Utah, nestled against southern Wyoming and western Colorado. About 80% of the land is administered by the US Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management. Daggett County has the smallest population (<900) in Utah, and our district, with approximately 160 students, is likewise the smallest in the state. Like other rural Utah counties, we are experiencing a declining population. Nevertheless, Daggett County is a wonderful place to grow up or raise a family. Our three schools are Manila Elementary, Flaming Gorge Elementary and  Manila Jr-Sr. High School. In addition to all school-age children from Daggett County, we serve students from McKinnon and Washam Wyoming, areas which lie just north of the state line.

      The economy is based primarily on tourism, ranching, and government employment (state, federal, county and local). The landscape is dominated by Flaming Gorge Reservoir and the Uinta Mountains, with pinyon-juniper-sagebrush and lodgepole pine as major vegetation types. Mule deer, wapiti and moose are abundant, along with mountain lions, bighorn sheep, and black bears. Golden eagles can be seen year round, and bald eagles in the winter time. Recreation includes fishing (both stream and lake), hunting, boating, water-skiing, hiking, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing--and lots more.

      Daggett County has two towns, Manila and Dutch John, each with a year-round population of about 200. (A third town, Linwood, was flooded as Flaming Gorge Reservoir filled.) On busy summer holiday weekends, the population can swell to 75,000. Manila is a popular summer home area and is becoming increasingly popular as a summer retirement destination. The distance to other population centers is at first daunting, but essential services such as lodging, groceries, fuel, boat and automotive repair, dining, ambulance/EMS, preventive healthcare, and law enforcement are all available. It's a great place to live.

      Despite the small size of our communities and schools, we have invested heavily in the future of our children by infusing each classroom with technology and by recruiting highly qualified teachers and support personnel. We are committed to educating our young people to the best of our ability. Students use computers in nearly every class and across the curriculum. The student to computer ratio at present is about 1.5 students per computer in the elementaries, and 1 computer per student in the high school. Our teaching staff is small but competent; secondary teachers have multiple teaching endorsements. We offer a curriculum designed to meet Utah and national standards along with many opportunities for students to individualize and excell.