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Which teacher or staff member at Midas Creek School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
759
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042001223
Midas Creek School
11901 S PARK HAVEN LANE, RIVERTON, UT 84096 · (801) 254-7407 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL759 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
141 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 135 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 116 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 23% smaller than its 6th grade class (116).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
45.9%
UT avg 41.4% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
51.2%
UT avg 41.8% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.9% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 50.2% |
% 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
51.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Midas Creek School
Midas Creek School's state test result (51.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midas Creek School this school | 759 | 18.6% | 51.9% |
| Fox Hollow School LEHI | 733 | 18.1% | 64.1% |
| Stansbury Park School STANSBURY PARK | 712 | 18.0% | 48.2% |
| Kanesville School West Haven | 720 | 20.6% | 46.4% |
| Bates School OGDEN | 690 | 17.8% | 45.8% |
| Rose Creek School RIVERTON | 649 | 20.2% | 49.6% |
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 Midas Creek School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #220 of 562 | #62 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #213 of 578 ▲ 13 | #56 of 180 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #248 of 578 ▼ 24 | #68 of 180 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 759 | #56 of 613 | #14 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #278 of 556 | #95 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.6% | #338 of 559 | #148 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.6% | #434 of 582 | #136 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #211 of 388 | #93 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
759
-86 (-10%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 1,000
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 | 759 | 36.1 | 21.1:1 | 19% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 764 | 35.5 | 21.5:1 | 14% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 805 | 36.1 | 22.3:1 | 11% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 845 | N/A | N/A | 9% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 898 | N/A | N/A | 11% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 956 | N/A | N/A | 14% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 1,000 | 39 | 25.6:1 | 19% (194) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Midas Creek School.
About Midas Creek School
Midas Creek School is an elementary school in RIVERTON, Utah, according to federal school records. It has an enrollment of 759 students in kindergarten through 6. On average, elementary schools in Utah enroll around 491, and this school is 55% above that mark.
Jordan District is the district for Midas Creek School. It has 67 schools and 58,788 students.
More than half of the students at Midas Creek School are White (78%). Next come 13% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 70% White among all Salt Lake County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 37%.
Staffing at Midas Creek School comes to 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.1:1. Elementary schools in Utah average 21.8:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Midas Creek School counts 19% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Salt Lake County average 34%.
Compared with Utah schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Midas Creek School's results are 1.2 points above predicted: 51.9% against 50.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Salt Lake County show that median household income comes to about $97,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Salt Lake County counts 325 public schools with about 209,757 students.
Daybreak School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Midas Creek School is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 10% across 4 years, from 845 in 2020-21 to 759 in 2024-25.
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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 Jordan District
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- Mountain Ridge HighHigh · 2,738 students
- Herriman HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Riverton HighHigh · 2,295 students
- PreschoolElementary · 1,773 students
Other schools in RIVERTON
- Riverton HighHigh · 2,295 students
- PreschoolElementary · 1,773 students
- Oquirrh Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,261 students
- South Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,181 students
- Foothills SchoolElementary · 837 students
- Riverton SchoolElementary · 657 students
Nearby schools
- Daybreak School0.3 mi · 701
- Mountain West Montessori Academy0.6 mi · 450
- Early Light Academy at Daybreak0.9 mi · 1,022
- Paradigm High School1.2 mi · 361
- Eastlake School1.4 mi · 792
- Copper Mountain Middle1.5 mi · 1,093
Frequently asked questions
About Midas Creek SchoolHow large is Midas Creek School?
Midas Creek School enrolls approximately 759 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Midas Creek School serve?
Midas Creek School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Midas Creek School?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Midas Creek School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Midas Creek School?
At Midas Creek School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Midas Creek School?
Midas Creek School is overseen by Jordan District in Salt Lake County.
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