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Enrollment
837
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042000949
Foothills School
13717 S SHAGGY PEAK, RIVERTON, UT 84096 · (801) 302-8599 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL837 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Utah public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
178 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 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 159 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 45% smaller than its 6th grade class (159).
Student demographics
45%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% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
39.4%
UT avg 41.8% . -5.6pp 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 39 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 6 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.8% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Foothills School
Foothills School's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foothills School this school | 837 | 21.3% | 44.9% |
| Liberty Hills Elementary LEHI | 864 | 19.1% | 59.3% |
| John Hancock Charters School Eagle Mountain EAGLE MOUNTAIN | 864 | 19.4% | N/A |
| Welby School South Jordan | 701 | 20.7% | 53.4% |
| Hidden Hollow School EAGLE MOUNTAIN | 943 | 23.2% | 56.4% |
| George Washington Academy ST GEORGE | 1,013 | 19.0% | 61.2% |
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 Foothills School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #322 of 562 | #84 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #365 of 578 ▼ 60 | #90 of 180 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #330 of 578 ▲ 36 | #85 of 180 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 837 | #35 of 613 | #7 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #88 of 556 | #31 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #250 of 559 | #121 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.3% | #393 of 582 | #124 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #159 of 388 | #75 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
837
-122 (-13%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 1,127
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 | 837 | 46 | 18.2:1 | 21% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 882 | 44 | 20.1:1 | 18% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 919 | 42.4 | 21.7:1 | 13% (122) |
| 2020-21 | 959 | N/A | N/A | 9% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 1,055 | N/A | N/A | 14% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 1,153 | N/A | N/A | 12% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 1,127 | 43 | 26.2:1 | 13% (145) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foothills School.
About Foothills School
The public elementary school Foothills School is located in RIVERTON, Utah. In all, 837 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6. It has 70% more students than the average for elementary schools in Utah (about 491).
District-wide, Jordan District has 67 schools and 58,788 students.
More than half of enrollment at Foothills School is White: 72%. Enrollment also includes 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. In Salt Lake County overall, the White share is about 70%. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at Foothills School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.2 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Utah, 21.8:1, is higher. Foothills School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 21%. It compares with 34% for public schools in Salt Lake County.
Foothills School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 33% of Utah public elementary schools.
Foothills School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Utah schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.9% and a predicted 49.4%.
For Salt Lake County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $97,494, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 325 public schools and about 209,757 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Juniper, is about 0.5 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Foothills School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Foothills School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 122 students, from 959 to 837.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 RIVERTON
- Riverton HighHigh · 2,295 students
- PreschoolElementary · 1,773 students
- Oquirrh Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,261 students
- South Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,181 students
- Midas Creek SchoolElementary · 759 students
- Riverton SchoolElementary · 657 students
Other Foothills schools
One other US public school is named Foothills. Foothills School is the largest of the 2.
- Foothills SchoolSALEM, UT · 605 students
Nearby schools
- Juniper0.5 mi · 544
- Blackridge School0.8 mi · 782
- Mountain Ridge High0.9 mi · 2,738
- Ridge View Elementary1.0 mi · 713
- Providence Hall1.2 mi · 2,044
- Silver Crest School1.2 mi · 879
Frequently asked questions
About Foothills SchoolHow many students attend Foothills School?
Foothills School enrolls approximately 837 students in grades KG-06.
Is Foothills School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Foothills School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Foothills School have?
Foothills School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
How diverse is Foothills School?
Foothills School reports a student body of 72% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Foothills School public or private?
Foothills 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.