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If you had an hour of school board time for Mckinley School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
586
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOX ELDER DISTRICT·NCES 490009000060
Mckinley School
120 W 500 S, TREMONTON, UT 84337 · (435) 515-4141 · Box Elder County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
233 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 82 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
37.6%
UT avg 41.4% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
34.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.6% | 34.9% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% | 36.2% |
% 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
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Mckinley School
Mckinley School's state test result (35.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mckinley School this school | 586 | 39.8% | 35.1% |
| Three Peaks School CEDAR CITY | 646 | 40.6% | 45.0% |
| North Park School TREMONTON | 661 | 43.7% | 41.6% |
| Hurricane Intermediate HURRICANE | 723 | 37.5% | 43.3% |
| Santaquin School SANTAQUIN | 579 | 34.4% | 44.1% |
| Hurricane School HURRICANE | 611 | 36.0% | 43.0% |
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 Mckinley School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Box Elder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #426 of 562 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #402 of 578 ▲ 4 | #8 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #374 of 578 ▲ 55 | #9 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #202 of 613 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #344 of 556 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #351 of 559 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.8% | #217 of 582 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.3% | #47 of 128 | N/A |
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
586
-15 (-2%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 590
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 | 586 | 27 | 21.7:1 | 40% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 26 | 23.9:1 | 45% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 23 | 26.4:1 | 40% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 601 | N/A | N/A | 40% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | N/A | N/A | 53% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | N/A | N/A | 54% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 23 | 26.5:1 | 53% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 21 | 26.6:1 | 41% (229) |
| 1990-91 | 590 | 22 | 26.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mckinley School.
About Mckinley School
Mckinley School is a mid-sized elementary school in TREMONTON, Utah, administered by Box Elder District. It enrolls 586 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
The district for Mckinley School is Box Elder District, with 22 schools and 12,554 students.
More than half of enrollment at Mckinley School is White: 78%. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Box Elder County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mckinley School scores 36%.
The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1. It is about the same as the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. A total of 233 students, or 40%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.4% for Mckinley School. The school posts 35.1%, 5.2 points below the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Box Elder County show that the median household earns about $84,550 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Box Elder County, 24 public schools serve about 12,997 students.
Mckinley School is about 0.9 miles from Harris Intermediate, its nearest public school. Mckinley School has 5 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Mckinley School at 8th of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 586, close to the 601 recorded in 2020-21.
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Box Elder County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,246
Census ACS
Median income
$84,550
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
12,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Box Elder District
- Box Elder HighHigh · 1,641 students
- Bear River HighHigh · 1,194 students
- Box Elder MiddleHigh · 1,124 students
- Young IntermediateMiddle · 1,003 students
- Golden Spike ElementaryElementary · 924 students
- Harris IntermediateMiddle · 862 students
Other schools in TREMONTON
- Harris IntermediateMiddle · 862 students
- North Park SchoolElementary · 661 students
Other Mckinley schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Mckinley. Mckinley School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- McKinley SchoolElkins Park, PA · 596 students
- McKinley SchoolYork, PA · 578 students
- McKinleyPasadena, CA · 538 students
- McKinley SchoolFairfield, CT · 470 students
- McKinley SchoolBillings, MT · 339 students
Nearby schools
- Harris Intermediate0.9 mi · 862
- North Park School1.1 mi · 661
- Bear River High1.3 mi · 1,194
- Bear River Middle1.4 mi · 841
- Garland School2.1 mi · 658
- Century School6.6 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Mckinley SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mckinley School?
Mckinley School enrolls approximately 586 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mckinley School serve?
Mckinley School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Mckinley School?
Approximately 21.7:1 students per teacher at Mckinley School.
What is the student diversity at Mckinley School?
Student demographics at Mckinley School are roughly 78% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Mckinley School in?
Mckinley School is part of Box Elder District.
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