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Enrollment
684
Elementary
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALPINE DISTRICT·NCES 490003000013
Grovecrest School
1037 Noth 300 East, PLEASANT GROVE, UT 84062 · (801) 610-8109 · Utah County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL684 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
161 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 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).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
47.2%
UT avg 41.4% . -6.9pp since 2023
Math
40.1%
UT avg 41.8% . -0.3pp since 2023
What 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% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 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% |
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 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 |
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
684
+26 (+4%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 752
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 | 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 |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grovecrest School.
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.
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 Alpine District
- Cedar Valley HighHigh · 3,300 students
- Westlake HighHigh · 3,052 students
- Lone Peak HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Skyridge High SchoolHigh · 2,483 students
- American Fork HighHigh · 2,316 students
- Lehi HighHigh · 2,242 students
Other schools in PLEASANT GROVE
- Pleasant Grove HighHigh · 1,905 students
- Pleasant Grove Jr HighMiddle · 1,181 students
- Canyon Grove AcademyCombined · 1,052 students
- Lincoln AcademyCombined · 911 students
- Spectrum Academy - Pleasant GroveCombined · 696 students
- Mount Mahogany SchoolElementary · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasant Grove Jr High0.2 mi · 1,181
- Central School0.7 mi · 596
- John Hancock Charter School0.7 mi · 179
- Manila School0.8 mi · 588
- Mount Mahogany School1.2 mi · 631
- Pleasant Grove High1.2 mi · 1,905
Frequently asked questions
About Grovecrest SchoolHow large is Grovecrest School?
Grovecrest School enrolls approximately 684 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Grovecrest School serve?
Grovecrest School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Grovecrest School have?
Grovecrest School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.1:1.
How diverse is Grovecrest School?
Grovecrest School reports a student body of 86% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Grovecrest School?
Grovecrest School is overseen by Alpine District in Utah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.