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Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANYONS DISTRICT·NCES 490014200767
Crescent School
11100 S 230 E, SANDY, UT 84070 · (801) 826-8200 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
170 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 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
34.8%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
31.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 6 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.8% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 37.4% |
% 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Crescent School
Crescent School's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent School this school | 468 | 36.3% | 35.9% |
| Hillcrest School LOGAN | 521 | 35.1% | 49.1% |
| Bridge Elementary School ROY | 558 | 35.1% | 27.5% |
| Westridge School PROVO | 608 | 37.8% | 54.6% |
| Glacier Hills Elementary SANDY | 626 | 37.5% | 38.0% |
| Good Foundations Academy RIVERDALE | 441 | 33.8% | 61.0% |
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 Crescent School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #418 of 562 | #102 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #425 of 578 ▼ 29 | #107 of 180 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #412 of 578 ▲ 2 | #102 of 180 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #365 of 613 | #108 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #197 of 556 | #69 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #153 of 559 | #93 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.3% | #238 of 582 | #82 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #253 of 388 | #106 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
468
+39 (+9%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 678
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 | 468 | 23.3 | 20.1:1 | 36% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 23.2 | 19.6:1 | 36% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 21.7 | 19.5:1 | 30% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | N/A | N/A | 28% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | N/A | N/A | 31% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | N/A | N/A | 27% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 678 | 28 | 24.2:1 | 32% (215) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crescent School.
About Crescent School
Crescent School is a mid-sized elementary school found in SANDY, Utah. It reported 468 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Crescent School reports to Canyons District, which has 47 schools and 32,688 students.
White students are 62% of those enrolled at Crescent School. The rest of enrollment is 29% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Salt Lake County's population at about 70%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
The school has 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 20.1 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Utah average 21.8:1. Of all students at Crescent School, 36% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Salt Lake County is similar, at 34%.
Crescent School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (35.9%) and its predicted rate (42.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Utah schools.
In the wider Salt Lake County area, median household income comes to about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Salt Lake County's 325 public schools enroll about 209,757 students and include Crescent School.
Of the public schools around it, Crescent School is closest to Life Skills Academy, about 0.2 miles away. Crescent School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Crescent School's average proficiency of 35.9% compares with 56.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 468 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 429.
On allk12, people connected to Crescent School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Canyons District
- Corner Canyon HighHigh · 2,437 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Hillcrest HighHigh · 2,421 students
- Alta HighHigh · 2,278 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Draper Park MiddleMiddle · 1,411 students
Other schools in SANDY
- Alta HighHigh · 2,278 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Indian Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Albion MiddleMiddle · 943 students
- Union MiddleMiddle · 911 students
- Midvale MiddleMiddle · 802 students
Other Crescent schools
One other US public school is named Crescent. Crescent School is the largest of the 2.
- Crescent SchoolPort Angeles, WA · 228 students
Nearby schools
- Life Skills Academy0.2 mi · 63
- Rivers Edge School0.8 mi · 13
- Valley High School0.8 mi · 347
- Altara School0.9 mi · 560
- Alta High1.3 mi · 2,278
- American Preparatory Academy - Draper #21.3 mi · 1,068
Frequently asked questions
About Crescent SchoolHow large is Crescent School?
Crescent School enrolls approximately 468 students in grades KG-05.
Is Crescent School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crescent School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Crescent School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Crescent School is approximately 20.1:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Crescent School?
At Crescent School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 29% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Crescent School?
Crescent School is overseen by Canyons District in Salt Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.