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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000226
Hillsdale School
3275 W 3100 S, WEST VALLEY CITY, UT 84119 · (385) 646-4864 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Utah public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
20.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
292 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (84).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
15.4%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
18.6%
UT avg 41.8% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.4% | 18.6% |
| 2023-24 | 17.5% | 14.2% |
% 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
19.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Hillsdale School
Hillsdale School's state test result (19.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsdale School this school | 548 | 53.3% | 19.5% |
| Stansbury School WEST VALLEY CITY | 582 | 56.0% | 23.4% |
| Monroe School WEST VALLEY CITY | 512 | 53.5% | 19.8% |
| Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley WEST VALLEY CITY | 702 | 60.4% | 44.9% |
| Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley WEST VALLEY CITY | 425 | 54.4% | 22.5% |
| New Bridge School OGDEN | 665 | 53.1% | 22.7% |
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 Hillsdale School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #538 of 562 | #152 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #536 of 578 ▲ 21 | #157 of 180 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #558 of 578 ▼ 5 | #163 of 180 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #249 of 613 | #73 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #245 of 556 | #81 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #201 of 559 | #107 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #99 of 582 | #41 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.0% | #19 of 388 | #9 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
548
-132 (-19%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 875
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 | 548 | 26.5 | 20.7:1 | 53% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | 28.5 | 20.0:1 | 77% (436) |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 31 | 20.4:1 | 85% (535) |
| 2020-21 | 680 | N/A | N/A | 82% (555) |
| 2017-18 | 870 | N/A | N/A | 87% (759) |
| 2015-16 | 894 | N/A | N/A | 84% (753) |
| 2010-11 | 851 | 36 | 23.6:1 | 83% (703) |
| 2000-01 | 846 | 45 | 18.8:1 | 59% (503) |
| 1990-91 | 875 | 32 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillsdale School.
About Hillsdale School
Hillsdale School, located in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, is a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 548 students in pre-K through 6.
Granite District enrolls 59,404 students in 85 schools, including Hillsdale School.
Of every 100 students at Hillsdale School, about 69 are Hispanic. The school is also 14% White, 8% Pacific Islander, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 21%. The diversity index for Hillsdale School is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 20.7 students per teacher. Compared with the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 53% of students at Hillsdale School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County, the school's rate is higher.
Hillsdale School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of Utah public elementary schools.
Hillsdale School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 19.5% is 14.3 points below the 33.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Salt Lake County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $97,494 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Salt Lake County number 325, with about 209,757 students.
West Lake Jr High is the nearest public school to Hillsdale School, about 0.4 miles away. Hillsdale School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 23.4% proficiency; Hillsdale School posts 19.5%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 19% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Granite District
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
Other schools in WEST VALLEY CITY
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- American Preparatory Academy - Accelerated SchoolCombined · 1,556 students
- Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12Combined · 777 students
- John F. Kennedy Jr HighMiddle · 772 students
- West Valley SchoolElementary · 764 students
Nearby schools
- West Lake Jr High0.4 mi · 724
- American Preparatory Academy - Accelerated School0.5 mi · 1,556
- Stansbury School0.6 mi · 582
- Granger High0.7 mi · 3,267
- Pioneer School1.1 mi · 438
- Mana Academy Charter School1.2 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About Hillsdale SchoolHow many students attend Hillsdale School?
Hillsdale School enrolls approximately 548 students in grades PK-06.
Is Hillsdale School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hillsdale School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Hillsdale School have?
Hillsdale School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hillsdale School?
At Hillsdale School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 69% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Hillsdale School?
Hillsdale School is overseen by Granite District in Salt Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.