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Enrollment
595
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042000886
Mountain Shadows School
5255 W 7000 S, WEST JORDAN, UT 84084 · (801) 963-0291 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL595 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
244 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 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 25% smaller than its 6th grade class (104).
Student demographics
61%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
26.3%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
21.4%
UT avg 41.8% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.3% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 25.8% | 16.9% |
% 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 Mountain Shadows School
Mountain Shadows School's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Shadows School this school | 595 | 41.0% | 24.3% |
| Noah Webster Academy OREM | 520 | 37.7% | 50.0% |
| Copper Canyon School West Jordan | 497 | 44.1% | 32.7% |
| Bonneville School OREM | 564 | 45.0% | 37.8% |
| Falcon Ridge School WEST JORDAN | 674 | 38.6% | 34.9% |
| Riverside School WEST JORDAN | 591 | 43.1% | 40.8% |
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 Mountain Shadows School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #511 of 562 | #135 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #514 of 578 ▲ 30 | #145 of 180 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #495 of 578 ▲ 14 | #126 of 180 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 595 | #192 of 613 | #55 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #226 of 556 | #75 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #57 of 559 | #52 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.0% | #210 of 582 | #71 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #243 of 388 | #103 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
595
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 968
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 | 595 | 29 | 20.5:1 | 41% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 31 | 19.9:1 | 42% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 27.6 | 21.2:1 | 33% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 601 | N/A | N/A | 27% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 682 | N/A | N/A | 44% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 747 | N/A | N/A | 44% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 1,083 | 40 | 27.1:1 | 36% (395) |
| 2000-01 | 1,010 | 38 | 26.6:1 | 21% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 968 | 33 | 29.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Shadows School.
About Mountain Shadows School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Mountain Shadows School serves students in WEST JORDAN, Utah. It serves 595 students in kindergarten through 6. The average among elementary schools in Utah is roughly 491 students; this school is 21% above that.
Jordan District serves 58,788 students across 67 schools.
White students make up a majority at Mountain Shadows School, at 51%. The remaining shares are 36% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Pacific Islander. Census estimates put the White share of Salt Lake County's population at about 70%. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 20.5:1, with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.3 students per teacher below the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 41%.
Mountain Shadows School is 15.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (24.3% versus 39.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Utah.
Census Bureau estimates for Salt Lake County show that the median household income is $97,494, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Mountain Shadows School is one of 325 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Navigator Pointe Academy, at about 0.8 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Mountain Shadows School is 9th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Mountain Shadows School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The school's size has been steady, with 601 students in 2020-21 and 595 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 WEST JORDAN
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- West Jordan HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Sunset Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,377 students
- West Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,169 students
- West Jordan MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
- Fox Hollow SchoolElementary · 872 students
Nearby schools
- Navigator Pointe Academy0.8 mi · 375
- Jim Bridger School0.9 mi · 340
- Falcon Ridge School1.0 mi · 674
- Hayden Peak School1.3 mi · 723
- Diamond Ridge School1.4 mi · 483
- Entheos Academy Kearns1.4 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain Shadows SchoolHow many students attend Mountain Shadows School?
Mountain Shadows School enrolls approximately 595 students in grades KG-06.
Is Mountain Shadows School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mountain Shadows School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Mountain Shadows School?
Approximately 20.5:1 students per teacher at Mountain Shadows School.
What is the student diversity at Mountain Shadows School?
Student demographics at Mountain Shadows School are roughly 51% White, 36% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Mountain Shadows School in?
Mountain Shadows School is part of Jordan District.
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