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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Alta View School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANYONS DISTRICT·NCES 490014200286
Alta View School
10333 S 865 E, SANDY, UT 84094 · (801) 826-7600 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
126 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
50.9%
UT avg 41.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
51.2%
UT avg 41.8% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 53.6% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alta View School
Alta View School's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta View School this school | 556 | 22.7% | 55.4% |
| Woods Cross School WOODS CROSS | 532 | 25.4% | 43.5% |
| Rocky Mountain School LINDON | 483 | 20.5% | 62.6% |
| Treeside Charter School PROVO | 434 | 23.0% | 35.6% |
| Canyon Crest School PROVO | 487 | 20.5% | 61.1% |
| Orchard School OREM | 625 | 28.2% | 65.9% |
Matched among Utah elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alta View School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #174 of 562 | #51 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #212 of 578 ▼ 23 | #55 of 180 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #177 of 578 ▼ 14 | #54 of 180 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #235 of 613 | #69 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #369 of 556 | #130 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #217 of 559 | #111 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #374 of 582 | #118 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #315 of 388 | #120 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
556
-52 (-9%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 490
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 556 | 25.3 | 22.0:1 | 23% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 565 | 25.5 | 22.2:1 | 27% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 26 | 22.4:1 | 26% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 608 | N/A | N/A | 24% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 597 | N/A | N/A | 30% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | N/A | N/A | 28% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 23 | 21.3:1 | 30% (145) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alta View School.
About Alta View School
Alta View School is an elementary school located in SANDY, Utah, in Salt Lake County. It had 556 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
Alta View School falls under Canyons District, which has 47 schools enrolling 32,688 students.
About 66% of the student body at Alta View School is White. Other groups make up 27% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Salt Lake County residents are about 70% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 48%.
The school had 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 22.0:1. It is about the same as the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 23%. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County, the school's rate is lower.
Test results at Alta View School are 6.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (55.4% actual, 48.7% predicted).
The school's county is Salt Lake County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $97,494 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Alta View School shares Salt Lake County with 324 other public schools.
Alta View School is about 0.6 miles from Eastmont Middle, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Alta View School is ahead of the 49.7% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
Locale data from NCES put Alta View School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 608 (2020-21) to 556 (2024-25).
On allk12, people connected to Alta View School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Canyons District
- Corner Canyon HighHigh · 2,437 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Hillcrest HighHigh · 2,421 students
- Alta HighHigh · 2,278 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Draper Park MiddleMiddle · 1,411 students
Other schools in SANDY
- Alta HighHigh · 2,278 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Indian Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Albion MiddleMiddle · 943 students
- Union MiddleMiddle · 911 students
- Midvale MiddleMiddle · 802 students
Nearby schools
- Eastmont Middle0.6 mi · 515
- Diamond Ridge High School0.8 mi · 184
- Glacier Hills Elementary0.8 mi · 626
- Altara School0.9 mi · 560
- Alta High1.0 mi · 2,278
- Willow Canyon School1.3 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About Alta View SchoolHow large is Alta View School?
Alta View School enrolls approximately 556 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Alta View School serve?
Alta View School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Alta View School have?
Alta View School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alta View School?
At Alta View School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 27% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Alta View School public or private?
Alta View School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Canyons District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.