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What's the most underrated thing about Bluffdale School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
736
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042000338
Bluffdale School
14323 S 2700 W, BLUFFDALE, UT 84065 · (801) 254-8090 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL736 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
149 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 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 126 | 17% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
40.8%
UT avg 41.4% . -13.2pp since 2023
Math
43.7%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 13 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 | 40.8% | 43.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 47.8% |
% 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 →
Where Bluffdale School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #235 of 562 | #66 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #303 of 578 | #76 of 180 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #329 of 578 | #84 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 736 | #62 of 613 | #16 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #358 of 556 | #125 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.0% | #423 of 559 | #164 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.2% | #17 of 388 | #8 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
736
-436 (-37%) vs 2017
% White
82%
was 84%
% Hispanic
13%
was 9%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 736 | 33.8 | 21.8:1 | 20% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 730 | 32.8 | 22.3:1 | 17% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 754 | 32.3 | 23.4:1 | 14% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 1,172 | N/A | N/A | 20% (234) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bluffdale School.
About Bluffdale School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Bluffdale School serves students in BLUFFDALE, Utah. It is open to students in kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 736 students. It has 50% more students than the average for elementary schools in Utah (about 491).
Jordan District has a total of 67 schools and 58,788 students, Bluffdale School among them.
By race and ethnicity, Bluffdale School is 82% White. The remaining shares are 13% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Salt Lake County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, Bluffdale School has a ratio of 21.8:1. The 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 20%. The average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 34%.
Bluffdale School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (50.8% versus 49.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Utah.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Salt Lake County show that the median household earns about $97,494 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Salt Lake County has 325 public schools with about 209,757 students, including Bluffdale School.
Bluffdale School's nearest public school is North Star Academy (about 0.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bluffdale School. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Bluffdale School is 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Bluffdale School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2017-18 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,172 to 736, a 37% drop.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Bluffdale School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Jordan District
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- Mountain Ridge HighHigh · 2,738 students
- Herriman HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Riverton HighHigh · 2,295 students
- PreschoolElementary · 1,773 students
Other schools in BLUFFDALE
- Hidden Valley MiddleMiddle · 935 students
- Mountain Point ElementaryElementary · 830 students
- Summit Academy - IndependenceElementary · 830 students
- Summit Academy High SchoolCombined · 599 students
- Summit Academy - BluffdaleElementary · 537 students
- North Star AcademyCombined · 522 students
Nearby schools
- North Star Academy0.5 mi · 522
- Summit Academy - Bluffdale0.7 mi · 537
- Kauri Sue Hamilton1.1 mi · 286
- Preschool1.1 mi · 1,773
- Salt Lake Academy High School1.3 mi · 403
- Riverton School1.6 mi · 657
Frequently asked questions
About Bluffdale SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bluffdale School?
Bluffdale School enrolls approximately 736 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Bluffdale School serve?
Bluffdale School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Bluffdale School?
Approximately 21.8:1 students per teacher at Bluffdale School.
How diverse is Bluffdale School?
Bluffdale School reports a student body of 82% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Bluffdale School public or private?
Bluffdale School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.