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Enrollment
783
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042000314
Monte Vista School
11121 S 2700 W, SOUTH JORDAN, UT 84095 · (801) 254-8040 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL783 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Utah public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
19.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
93 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 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 146 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 42% smaller than its 6th grade class (146).
Student demographics
34%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
46.9%
UT avg 41.4% . -9.3pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
UT avg 41.8% . -3.4pp 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 50 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.9% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 53.4% |
% 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
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Monte Vista School
Monte Vista School's state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Vista School this school | 783 | 11.9% | 54.2% |
| Syracuse School SYRACUSE | 865 | 13.6% | 47.9% |
| Springside School SARATOGA SPRINGS | 827 | 12.7% | 54.5% |
| Sunburst School LAYTON | 871 | 13.8% | 52.9% |
| Eaglecrest School LEHI | 755 | 9.9% | 68.1% |
| Island View Elementary WEST POINT | 820 | 10.4% | N/A |
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 Monte Vista School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #190 of 562 | #52 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #231 of 578 ▼ 41 | #60 of 180 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #237 of 578 ▼ 88 | #67 of 180 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 783 | #46 of 613 | #11 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #173 of 556 | #62 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.9% | #376 of 559 | #157 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #519 of 582 | #159 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #255 of 388 | #107 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
783
-84 (-10%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 737
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 | 783 | 39.5 | 19.8:1 | 12% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 795 | 41.5 | 19.2:1 | 8% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 833 | 38.5 | 21.6:1 | 6% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 867 | N/A | N/A | 6% (50) |
| 2017-18 | 888 | N/A | N/A | 11% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 803 | N/A | N/A | 13% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 926 | 36 | 25.7:1 | 12% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 962 | 40 | 24.1:1 | 9% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 737 | 28 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monte Vista School.
About Monte Vista School
Monte Vista School is a large elementary school in Utah, located in SOUTH JORDAN. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 783 students. The average for elementary schools in Utah is about 491 students, so this school is 59% larger than average.
Jordan District has 67 schools and 58,788 students, and Monte Vista School is one of those schools.
Monte Vista School enrolls a student body that is 80% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. In Salt Lake County overall, about 70% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Monte Vista School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
The school employs the equivalent of 39.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 19.8:1. Among elementary schools in Utah, the typical ratio is 21.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 12%. On average, public schools in Salt Lake County report 34%.
allk12 grades Monte Vista School a B. The grade compares the school only with Utah public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Utah schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Monte Vista School's results are within a point of predicted: 54.2% against 54.0%.
Across Salt Lake County, median household income is about $97,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Salt Lake County number 325 and enroll about 209,757.
The closest other public school is Career Academy of Utah, about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Monte Vista School ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 54.2% versus a 41.2% average.
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.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 10%, from 867 to 783.
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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 SOUTH JORDAN
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Mountain Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,313 students
- South Jordan MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
- Elk Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,151 students
- Early Light Academy at DaybreakCombined · 1,022 students
- Aspen ElementaryElementary · 901 students
Other Monte Vista schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Monte Vista. Monte Vista School is the largest of the 3.
- Monte VistaMonterey, CA · 688 students
- Monte VistaSimi Valley, CA · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Career Academy of Utah0.8 mi · 176
- Paradigm High School1.1 mi · 361
- South Jordan Middle1.1 mi · 1,182
- Bingham High1.2 mi · 2,461
- South Jordan School1.3 mi · 863
- Hawthorn Academy South Jordan1.3 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Monte Vista SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Monte Vista School?
Monte Vista School enrolls approximately 783 students in grades KG-06.
Is Monte Vista School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Monte Vista School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Monte Vista School have?
Monte Vista School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Monte Vista School?
Student demographics at Monte Vista School are roughly 80% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Monte Vista School in?
Monte Vista School is part of Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.