Foothill School

Foothill School is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in OREM, Utah, part of Alpine District, works with 537 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Within Alpine District, which oversees 89 schools and 86,645 students, Foothill School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Foothill School records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Utah County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Foothill School ranks in the top 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 49.5%; Foothill School posts 75.9%, +26.4 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Utah County shows the typical household earns roughly $100,671 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Utah County's 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), Foothill School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Orchard School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Foothill School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.3%.

Foothill School operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 25%: 718 students in 2018 compared to 537 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 6% to 13% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Foothill School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.