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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CACHE DISTRICT·NCES 490012001227
Mountainside School
235 E 125 N, MENDON, UT 84325 · (435) 792-7688 · Cache County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Utah public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
21.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
94 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (78).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
59.2%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
66.6%
UT avg 41.8% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.2% | 66.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.9% | 63.7% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% 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 Mountainside School
Mountainside School's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountainside School this school | 514 | 18.3% | 66.0% |
| Hooper School HOOPER | 516 | 19.6% | 55.9% |
| Rosamond School RIVERTON | 573 | 18.3% | 51.5% |
| Kings Peak School ROOSEVELT | 479 | 19.6% | 43.4% |
| East Layton School EAST LAYTON | 510 | 18.0% | 47.3% |
| Silver Ridge Elementary FARR WEST | 602 | 20.4% | 39.9% |
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 Mountainside School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Cache County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #57 of 562 | #6 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #60 of 578 ▲ 28 | #6 of 28 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #77 of 578 ▲ 32 | #8 of 28 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #299 of 613 | #13 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #297 of 556 | #11 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.0% | #523 of 559 | #24 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.3% | #442 of 582 | #25 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.4% | #35 of 128 | #4 of 16 |
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
514
+65 (+14%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 529
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 | 514 | 24.2 | 21.2:1 | 18% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 22.5 | 23.2:1 | 20% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 22.5 | 22.3:1 | 24% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | N/A | N/A | 28% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | N/A | N/A | 26% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | N/A | N/A | 33% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 21 | 25.2:1 | 27% (142) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountainside School.
About Mountainside School
Mountainside School is a public mid-sized elementary school in MENDON, Utah. It reported 514 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
Cache District is made up of 26 schools with 20,286 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Mountainside School, about 89 are White. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Mountainside School, there are about 21.2 students; the school has 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. There are 94 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 18% of enrollment. The gap from the 31% average for public schools in Cache County is 13 points.
Mountainside School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 91% of Utah public elementary schools.
Mountainside School scores 66.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 50.9%.
In Cache County, the median household earns about $81,665 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Cache County has 44 public schools with about 28,291 students, including Mountainside School.
Wellsville School is about 4.5 miles from Mountainside School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Mountainside School is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
NCES assigns Mountainside School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 14%, from 449 to 514.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Mountainside School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Cache County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
140,046
Census ACS
Median income
$81,665
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
28,291 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cache District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Green Canyon High SchoolHigh · 1,677 students
- Sky View HighHigh · 1,600 students
- Mountain Crest HighHigh · 1,547 students
- North Cache Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,194 students
- South Cache Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,143 students
Nearby schools
- Wellsville School4.5 mi · 463
- Thomas Edison - South5.7 mi · 699
- Woodruff School5.8 mi · 560
- Heritage School6.4 mi · 724
- Nibley School6.4 mi · 511
- Bear River Charter School6.6 mi · 162
Frequently asked questions
About Mountainside SchoolHow many students attend Mountainside School?
Mountainside School enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-06.
Is Mountainside School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mountainside School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountainside School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mountainside School is approximately 21.2:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mountainside School?
Student demographics at Mountainside School are roughly 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Mountainside School in?
Mountainside School is part of Cache District.
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