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Belmont School
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
About Belmont School
Belmont School is one of the roomy elementary campuss in LEHI, Utah, run under Alpine District, with 946 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Belmont School sits 93% above that benchmark.
Across the 89 schools in Alpine District (86,645 students total), Belmont School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Belmont School logs that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Utah County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Belmont School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.4:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Belmont School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.7%; this one delivers 55.4%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Utah County put the typical household earns roughly $100,671 per year, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Utah County's 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), Belmont School is one campus in the mix.
Viewpoint Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Belmont School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 54.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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