Mountainside School

Mountainside School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in MENDON, Utah, one of the schools within Cache District, with 514 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 26 schools in Cache District (20,286 students total), Mountainside School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Mountainside School reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Mountainside School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.2:1. The state averages about 21.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cache County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mountainside School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cache County put median household earnings sit near $81,665, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cache County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,291 students), Mountainside School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wellsville School, roughly 4.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mountainside School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 52.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mountainside School's enrollment has rose 17% since 2018, when it stood at 438 (now 514). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 3% to 7% over that span.

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