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Grovecrest School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 117 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 29% smaller than its 6th grade class (117).
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 40.1% |
| 2023-24 | 54.1% | 40.4% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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%.
Schools most like Grovecrest School
Grovecrest School's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grovecrest School this school | 684 | 23.5% | 47.4% |
| Grantsville School GRANTSVILLE | 695 | 21.2% | 34.3% |
| Riverside School Washington | 610 | 21.3% | 56.4% |
| West Weber School OGDEN | 632 | 25.9% | 46.2% |
| Bluffdale School BLUFFDALE | 736 | 20.2% | 50.8% |
| Silver Ridge Elementary FARR WEST | 602 | 20.4% | 39.9% |
Where Grovecrest School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #284 of 562 | #67 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #350 of 578 ▲ 15 | #88 of 117 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #230 of 578 ▼ 53 | #56 of 117 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 684 | #109 of 613 | #42 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.1:1 | #546 of 556 | #113 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.7% | #478 of 559 | #104 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.5% | #364 of 582 | #53 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #282 of 388 | #55 of 74 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 684 | 26.2 | 26.1:1 | 24% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 695 | 27.4 | 25.4:1 | 17% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 630 | 24.8 | 25.4:1 | 18% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 658 | N/A | N/A | 17% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 757 | N/A | N/A | 18% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 726 | N/A | N/A | 19% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | 31 | 23.3:1 | 26% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 814 | 36 | 22.6:1 | 15% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 752 | 27 | 27.9:1 | N/A |
About Grovecrest School
Grovecrest School is a medium-sized elementary school in Alpine District, located in PLEASANT GROVE, Utah. School enrollment was 684 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in Utah average about 491 students.
The district, Alpine District, operates 89 schools serving 86,645 students.
White students are the large majority at Grovecrest School, with 86% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 9% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Grovecrest School has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 26.1 students per teacher. The 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 24%. That is close to the 22% average for public schools in Utah County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Grovecrest School falls in the middle 80% of Utah schools: 47.4% actual against 48.3% predicted.
Among Utah County residents, median household income is about $100,671, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 202 public schools in Utah County, with a combined enrollment of about 164,467.
The nearest public school is Pleasant Grove Jr High, at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Grovecrest School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Grovecrest School went from 658 students to 684.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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