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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000229
Howard R. Driggs School
4340 S 2700 E, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84124 · (385) 646-4810 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Utah public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
26.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
28 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 | 32 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
23%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
77.0%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
76.3%
UT avg 41.8% . -7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 down about 8 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 76.3% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 83.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Utah's top 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 Howard R. Driggs School
Howard R. Driggs School's state test result (81.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard R. Driggs School this school | 469 | 6.0% | 81.4% |
| Bonneville School SALT LAKE CITY | 414 | 6.8% | 77.2% |
| Canyon Rim Academy SALT LAKE CITY | 524 | 6.1% | 70.2% |
| Upland Terrace School SALT LAKE CITY | 477 | 11.5% | 63.8% |
| Lone Peak School SANDY | 516 | 6.8% | 66.7% |
| Alpine School ALPINE | 539 | 9.1% | 74.7% |
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 Howard R. Driggs School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #2 of 562 | #1 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #9 of 578 ▼ 6 | #8 of 180 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #6 of 578 ▲ 1 | #5 of 180 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #363 of 613 | #107 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.8:1 | #551 of 556 | #176 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.5% | #495 of 559 | #176 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.0% | #574 of 582 | #178 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #94 of 388 | #40 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
469
-32 (-6%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 554
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 | 469 | 17.5 | 26.8:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 17.5 | 27.5:1 | 10% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 18.5 | 25.2:1 | 10% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | N/A | N/A | 13% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 647 | N/A | N/A | 13% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | N/A | N/A | 13% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | 26 | 26.0:1 | 16% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 18 | 24.0:1 | 5% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 554 | 20 | 27.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Howard R. Driggs School.
About Howard R. Driggs School
Howard R. Driggs School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. School enrollment was 469 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 6.
Granite District, which runs Howard R. Driggs School, has 85 schools and 59,404 students.
The large majority of students at Howard R. Driggs School, 87%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 70%. Howard R. Driggs School has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Howard R. Driggs School, 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 26.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Utah average 21.8:1. Roughly 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 28 points.
The allk12 Grade for Howard R. Driggs School is A+. Compared with Utah public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 99% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Utah with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 56.9%. Howard R. Driggs School posts 81.4%, 24.5 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Salt Lake County show that median household income is about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Howard R. Driggs School is among the 325 public schools in Salt Lake County.
Morningside School is the public school closest to Howard R. Driggs School, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Howard R. Driggs School is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Howard R. Driggs School had 501 students in 2020-21 and 469 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease.
The Howard R. Driggs School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Howard R. Driggs SchoolHow large is Howard R. Driggs School?
Howard R. Driggs School enrolls approximately 469 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Howard R. Driggs School serve?
Howard R. Driggs School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Howard R. Driggs School have?
Howard R. Driggs School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.8:1.
How diverse is Howard R. Driggs School?
Howard R. Driggs School reports a student body of 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Howard R. Driggs School?
Howard R. Driggs 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.