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Enrollment
489
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000853
Beehive School
5655 S 5220 W, KEARNS, UT 84118 · (385) 646-4768 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
221 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
26.2%
UT avg 41.4% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
24.3%
UT avg 41.8% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.2% | 24.3% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
23.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Beehive School
Beehive School's state test result (23.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beehive School this school | 489 | 45.2% | 23.3% |
| Philo T. Farnsworth School WEST VALLEY CITY | 448 | 49.1% | 23.4% |
| Jackling School WEST VALLEY CITY | 415 | 45.8% | 18.3% |
| Academy Park School WEST VALLEY CITY | 358 | 48.3% | 18.8% |
| Thomas W. Bacchus School KEARNS | 315 | 45.1% | 16.3% |
| David Gourley School KEARNS | 423 | 47.3% | 35.2% |
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 Beehive School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #518 of 562 | #141 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #493 of 578 ▲ 23 | #129 of 180 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #499 of 578 ▲ 46 | #127 of 180 ▲ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #332 of 613 | #92 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #306 of 556 | #105 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #28 of 559 | #27 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #173 of 582 | #58 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #125 of 388 | #56 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
489
-52 (-10%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 928
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 | 489 | 23 | 21.3:1 | 45% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 18 | 26.6:1 | 58% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 17 | 25.6:1 | 53% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | N/A | N/A | 62% (337) |
| 2017-18 | 641 | N/A | N/A | 65% (418) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | N/A | N/A | 63% (398) |
| 2010-11 | 721 | 30 | 24.0:1 | 61% (439) |
| 2000-01 | 760 | 32 | 23.8:1 | 27% (208) |
| 1990-91 | 928 | 33 | 28.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beehive School.
About Beehive School
Among the schools in KEARNS, Utah, is Beehive School, a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 489 students, from pre-K through 6.
Enrollment across the 85 schools in Granite District totals 59,404 students.
Roughly 51% of students at Beehive School are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 31% White, 5% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% Pacific Islander. Among all residents of Salt Lake County, the Hispanic share is about 21%. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Beehive School operates with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 21.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Utah average 21.8:1. Beehive School reports 45% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 34% average among public schools in Salt Lake County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Beehive School is 14.4 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 23.3% actual, 37.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Utah.
Salt Lake County has about 1,196,523 residents, and the median household income is $97,494, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Besides Beehive School, Salt Lake County has 324 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Kearns High, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Beehive School is behind the 26.5% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
Beehive School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Beehive School's enrollment declined 10%, to 489.
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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 Granite District
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
Other schools in KEARNS
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Thomas Jefferson Jr HighMiddle · 915 students
- Kearns Jr HighMiddle · 732 students
- Entheos Academy KearnsCombined · 579 students
- West Kearns SchoolElementary · 548 students
- South Kearns SchoolElementary · 536 students
Nearby schools
- Kearns High0.5 mi · 2,313
- Western Hills School0.6 mi · 298
- Thomas Jefferson Jr High0.7 mi · 915
- Entheos Academy Kearns0.8 mi · 579
- South Kearns School0.9 mi · 536
- Jim Bridger School1.0 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Beehive SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Beehive School?
Beehive School enrolls approximately 489 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Beehive School serve?
Beehive School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Beehive School?
Approximately 21.3:1 students per teacher at Beehive School.
What is the student diversity at Beehive School?
Student demographics at Beehive School are roughly 31% White, 51% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Beehive School?
Beehive School is overseen by Granite District in Salt Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.