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What's the most underrated thing about Birch Creek School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
766
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CACHE DISTRICT·NCES 490012001392
Birch Creek School
675 W 220 N, SMITHFIELD, UT 84335 · (435) 792-7692 · Cache County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL766 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
270 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 32 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 109 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (109).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
51.9%
UT avg 41.4% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
62.4%
UT avg 41.8% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.9% | 62.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.3% | 61.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Utah's top 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 Birch Creek School
Birch Creek School's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Creek School this school | 766 | 35.2% | 60.3% |
| Hurricane Intermediate HURRICANE | 723 | 37.5% | 43.3% |
| Hurricane School HURRICANE | 611 | 36.0% | 43.0% |
| Discovery School VERNAL | 656 | 29.6% | 56.9% |
| Summit School SMITHFIELD | 705 | 42.3% | 60.1% |
| Uintah School OGDEN | 629 | 30.8% | 39.3% |
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 Birch Creek School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Cache County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #109 of 562 | #14 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #85 of 578 ▲ 26 | #12 of 28 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #162 of 578 ▼ 2 | #16 of 28 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 766 | #52 of 613 | #2 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #533 of 556 | #26 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #421 of 559 | #17 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.2% | #249 of 582 | #12 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.7% | #15 of 128 | #1 of 16 |
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
766
+137 (+22%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 563
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 | 766 | 30.5 | 25.1:1 | 35% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 30.5 | 23.6:1 | 34% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 721 | 29.5 | 24.5:1 | 39% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 629 | N/A | N/A | 44% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | N/A | N/A | 49% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | N/A | N/A | 44% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 22 | 25.6:1 | 35% (199) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Birch Creek School.
About Birch Creek School
Birch Creek School is an elementary school with a street address in SMITHFIELD, Utah. School enrollment was 766 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in Utah average about 491 students.
Birch Creek School belongs to Cache District, a district of 26 schools and 20,286 students.
Most students at Birch Creek School are White: 82% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share in Cache County as a whole is similar, at about 84%. The chance that two students picked at random at Birch Creek School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 31%.
The school employs the equivalent of 30.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 25.1:1. Among elementary schools in Utah, the typical ratio is 21.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 35%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Birch Creek School ranks in the top 10% of Utah schools. It scores 60.3%; the prediction is 42.6%.
Across Cache County, median household income is about $81,665, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Cache County number 44 and enroll about 28,291.
The nearest public school is Summit School, at about 0.9 miles. Birch Creek School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 58.9% proficiency; Birch Creek School posts 60.3%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Birch Creek School went from 629 students to 766.
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Cache County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
140,046
Census ACS
Median income
$81,665
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
28,291 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cache District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Green Canyon High SchoolHigh · 1,677 students
- Sky View HighHigh · 1,600 students
- Mountain Crest HighHigh · 1,547 students
- North Cache Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,194 students
- South Cache Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,143 students
Other schools in SMITHFIELD
- Sky View HighHigh · 1,600 students
- Sunrise SchoolElementary · 713 students
- Summit SchoolElementary · 705 students
Nearby schools
- Summit School0.9 mi · 705
- Sunrise School1.7 mi · 713
- Sky View High1.7 mi · 1,600
- Cedar Ridge School3.1 mi · 719
- Green Canyon High School4.0 mi · 1,677
- Thomas Edison - North4.5 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Birch Creek SchoolHow many students attend Birch Creek School?
Birch Creek School enrolls approximately 766 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Birch Creek School serve?
Birch Creek School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Birch Creek School have?
Birch Creek School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Birch Creek School?
Student demographics at Birch Creek School are roughly 82% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Birch Creek School in?
Birch Creek School is part of Cache District.
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