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Edgemont School
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% 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 23 points, placing it in Utah's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Edgemont School
Edgemont School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in PROVO, Utah, overseen by Provo District. The school caters to 611 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 491 students per school, that is 24% larger than typical.
Across the 21 schools in Provo District (13,897 students total), Edgemont School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Edgemont School shows that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Utah County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Edgemont School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.3:1. The state averages about 21.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Edgemont School sits in the top 10% of Utah schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.2%; actual is 71.4%, +23.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Utah County put the typical household earns roughly $100,671 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Edgemont School is one of 202 public schools in Utah County (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students).
Nearest neighbor: Timpview High, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Edgemont School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Edgemont School has decreased 5%, going from 642 students in 2018 to 611 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 80% to 69%.
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