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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000756
Copper Hills School
7635 W 3715 S, MAGNA, UT 84044 · (385) 646-4792 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
196 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 | 29 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 27% smaller than its 6th grade class (64).
Student demographics
55%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
26.9%
UT avg 41.4% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
22.7%
UT avg 41.8% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 2 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 | 26.9% | 22.7% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 26.4% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 Copper Hills School
Copper Hills School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Hills School this school | 432 | 45.4% | 28.3% |
| Vae View School LAYTON | 394 | 45.9% | 20.2% |
| Magna School MAGNA | 549 | 48.5% | N/A |
| Pleasant Green School MAGNA | 482 | 40.9% | 22.3% |
| Douglas T. Orchard School WEST VALLEY CITY | 411 | 48.9% | 24.6% |
| Leadership Learning Academy - Ogden OGDEN | 385 | 44.7% | 19.4% |
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 Copper Hills School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #483 of 562 | #122 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #504 of 578 ▼ 19 | #137 of 180 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #491 of 578 ▲ 1 | #123 of 180 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #420 of 613 | #125 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #281 of 556 | #96 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #138 of 559 | #90 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #170 of 582 | #57 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #181 of 388 | #81 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
432
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 970
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 | 432 | 20.5 | 21.1:1 | 45% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 24.5 | 17.8:1 | 58% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 24 | 20.0:1 | 60% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | N/A | N/A | 56% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | N/A | N/A | 68% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | N/A | N/A | 68% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 744 | 31 | 24.0:1 | 57% (423) |
| 2000-01 | 933 | 43 | 21.7:1 | 49% (453) |
| 1990-91 | 970 | 35 | 27.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Copper Hills School.
About Copper Hills School
Among the schools in MAGNA, Utah, is Copper Hills School, a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 6 attend, and enrollment is 432 students.
Copper Hills School is run by Granite District, whose 85 schools enroll 59,404 students.
A majority of students at Copper Hills School, 50%, are Hispanic. Next come 44% White. The county population is about 21% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Copper Hills School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
Copper Hills School's 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 21.1:1. That ratio is under the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 45% of enrollment. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County, the school's rate is higher.
Copper Hills School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.3%, compared with a predicted 37.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Utah schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Salt Lake County, median household income is about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Copper Hills School is among the 325 public schools in Salt Lake County.
The shortest distance from Copper Hills School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Scott M Matheson Jr High. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Copper Hills School places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Copper Hills School had 456 students in 2020-21 and 432 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease.
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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 MAGNA
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Scott M Matheson Jr HighMiddle · 1,051 students
- Elk Run ElementaryElementary · 714 students
- Magna SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Pleasant Green SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Entheos Academy MagnaCombined · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Scott M Matheson Jr High0.3 mi · 1,051
- Lake Ridge School0.6 mi · 410
- Douglas T. Orchard School1.1 mi · 411
- Elk Run Elementary1.3 mi · 714
- Pleasant Green School1.4 mi · 482
- Magna School1.4 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Copper Hills SchoolHow many students attend Copper Hills School?
Copper Hills School enrolls approximately 432 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Copper Hills School serve?
Copper Hills School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Copper Hills School have?
Copper Hills School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Copper Hills School?
At Copper Hills School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 50% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Copper Hills School?
Copper Hills School is overseen by Granite District in Salt Lake County.
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