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Enrollment
605
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEBO DISTRICT·NCES 490063001126
Foothills School
412 S 810 E, SALEM, UT 84653 · (801) 423-9172 · Utah County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Utah public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
23.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
96 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
49.3%
UT avg 41.4% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
57.5%
UT avg 41.8% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.3% | 57.5% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 60.8% |
% 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
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 (56.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foothills School this school | 605 | 15.9% | 56.3% |
| Mt. Loafer School SALEM | 642 | 16.4% | 45.8% |
| Meadow School LEHI | 612 | 14.7% | 47.9% |
| Southland School RIVERTON | 592 | 16.0% | 55.5% |
| Sierra Bonita Elementary SPANISH FORK | 568 | 16.0% | 59.7% |
| Manila School PLEASANT GROVE | 588 | 12.9% | 56.1% |
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 Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #159 of 562 | #38 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #136 of 578 ▼ 21 | #32 of 117 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #196 of 578 ▲ 40 | #50 of 117 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #179 of 613 | #59 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #440 of 556 | #72 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #500 of 559 | #108 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.9% | #475 of 582 | #90 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.7% | #65 of 388 | #16 of 74 |
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
605
-109 (-15%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 676
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 | 605 | 26.3 | 23.0:1 | 16% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 27.5 | 23.4:1 | 14% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 723 | 31 | 23.4:1 | 16% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 714 | N/A | N/A | 14% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 861 | N/A | N/A | 11% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | N/A | N/A | 21% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 676 | 22 | 30.7:1 | 24% (162) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foothills School.
About Foothills School
Foothills School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in SALEM, Utah. The school has 605 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Utah average about 491 students, which makes this school 23% bigger than average.
Nebo District has 43,696 students spread across 49 schools.
At Foothills School, 87% of students are White. The school is also 8% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.
Teacher count: 26.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 23.0:1. The gap from the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah is 1.2 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 16%.
Foothills School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 65% of Utah public elementary schools.
Foothills School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.3%, compared with a predicted 52.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Utah schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Utah County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $100,671, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 202 public schools in the county, enrolling about 164,467, Foothills School among them.
Valley View Middle is about 0.3 miles from Foothills School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Foothills School holds at least 8 other public schools. Foothills School comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 15%, from 714 to 605.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Foothills School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Utah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
705,400
Census ACS
Median income
$100,671
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
202
164,467 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nebo District
- Nebo Online SchoolCombined · 7,791 students
- Maple Mountain HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Springville HighHigh · 1,665 students
- Payson HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Spanish Fork HighHigh · 1,640 students
- Salem Hills HighHigh · 1,593 students
Other schools in SALEM
- Nebo Online SchoolCombined · 7,791 students
- Salem Hills HighHigh · 1,593 students
- Valley View MiddleMiddle · 963 students
- Salem Junior HighMiddle · 950 students
- Mt. Loafer SchoolElementary · 642 students
- American Preparatory Academy - SalemCombined · 570 students
Other Foothills schools
One other US public school is named Foothills. Foothills School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Foothills SchoolRIVERTON, UT · 837 students
Nearby schools
- Valley View Middle0.3 mi · 963
- Salem School1.1 mi · 508
- Nebo Online School1.1 mi · 7,791
- Nebo Advanced Learning Center1.1 mi · 2
- Mt. Loafer School1.2 mi · 642
- Salem Hills High1.2 mi · 1,593
Frequently asked questions
About Foothills SchoolHow large is Foothills School?
Foothills School enrolls approximately 605 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Foothills School serve?
Foothills School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Foothills School have?
Foothills School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
How diverse is Foothills School?
Foothills School reports a student body of 87% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Foothills School?
Foothills School is overseen by Nebo District in Utah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.