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What's one thing Bluff Ridge School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
915
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS DISTRICT·NCES 490021000649
Bluff Ridge School
2680 S 775 W, SYRACUSE, UT 84075 · (801) 402-2850 · Davis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL915 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
109 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 146 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 139 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 143 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 141 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (141).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
48.8%
UT avg 41.4% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
48.4%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.8% | 48.4% |
| 2023-24 | 54.7% | 52.8% |
% 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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Bluff Ridge School
Bluff Ridge School's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff Ridge School this school | 915 | 11.9% | 54.3% |
| Springside School SARATOGA SPRINGS | 827 | 12.7% | 54.5% |
| Island View Elementary WEST POINT | 820 | 10.4% | N/A |
| Legacy School AMERICAN FORK | 819 | 11.7% | 66.1% |
| Lakeside School WEST POINT | 864 | 15.2% | 53.1% |
| Maple Ridge School MAPLETON | 873 | 10.1% | 68.3% |
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 Bluff Ridge School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Davis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #187 of 562 | #27 of 67 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #247 of 578 ▼ 49 | #30 of 68 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #204 of 578 ▼ 37 | #33 of 68 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 915 | #16 of 613 | #1 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #276 of 556 | #33 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #373 of 559 | #36 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #518 of 582 | #50 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #289 of 388 | #45 of 57 |
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
915
+107 (+13%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 1,044
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 | 915 | 43.5 | 21.0:1 | 12% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 932 | 37.5 | 24.9:1 | 12% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 866 | 36.5 | 23.7:1 | 12% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 808 | N/A | N/A | 10% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 1,002 | N/A | N/A | 9% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 967 | N/A | N/A | 9% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 1,070 | 40 | 26.8:1 | 15% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 1,044 | 41 | 25.5:1 | 23% (236) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bluff Ridge School.
About Bluff Ridge School
The public elementary school Bluff Ridge School is located in SYRACUSE, Utah. The latest federal count shows 915 students in pre-K through 6. The average for elementary schools in Utah is about 491 students, so this school is 86% above average.
Bluff Ridge School is one of 95 schools in Davis District, which enrolls 71,703 students in total.
The large majority of students at Bluff Ridge School, 80%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That is close to the 84% White share among all Davis County residents. Bluff Ridge School has a diversity index of 34%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 43.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 21.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Utah is 21.8:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Bluff Ridge School is 12%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Bluff Ridge School, the prediction is 54.0% and the result is 54.3%.
Census estimates describe Davis County this way: median household income is about $110,884, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Davis County number 118 and enroll about 81,110.
Of nearby public schools, Legacy Jr High is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Bluff Ridge School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 13%, from 808 to 915.
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Davis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,924
Census ACS
Median income
$110,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
81,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davis District
- Syracuse HighHigh · 2,608 students
- Davis HighHigh · 2,238 students
- Layton HighHigh · 2,231 students
- Farmington HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Clearfield HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Northridge HighHigh · 1,984 students
Other schools in SYRACUSE
- Syracuse HighHigh · 2,608 students
- Syracuse Jr HighMiddle · 1,216 students
- Syracuse Arts Academy - AntelopeCombined · 988 students
- Syracuse SchoolElementary · 865 students
- Syracuse Arts Academy - NorthElementary · 730 students
- Buffalo Point SchoolElementary · 726 students
Nearby schools
- Legacy Jr High1.0 mi · 1,125
- Antelope School1.1 mi · 667
- Sand Springs School1.2 mi · 682
- Cook School1.3 mi · 657
- Syracuse School1.7 mi · 865
- Syracuse Jr High1.8 mi · 1,216
Frequently asked questions
About Bluff Ridge SchoolHow large is Bluff Ridge School?
Bluff Ridge School enrolls approximately 915 students in grades PK-06.
Is Bluff Ridge School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bluff Ridge School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Bluff Ridge School?
Approximately 21.0:1 students per teacher at Bluff Ridge School.
How diverse is Bluff Ridge School?
Bluff Ridge School reports a student body of 80% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Bluff Ridge School public or private?
Bluff Ridge School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Davis District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.