Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000247
Oakwood School
5815 S HIGHLAND DR, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84121 · (385) 646-4942 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Utah public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
20.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
110 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 33%
Community
0
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 | 40 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
48.3%
UT avg 41.4% . -8.8pp since 2023
Math
48.5%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.3% | 48.5% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 53.0% |
% 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
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 Oakwood School
Oakwood School's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakwood School this school | 580 | 19.0% | 57.3% |
| Ascent Academies of Utah Saratoga Springs SARATOGA SPRINGS | 637 | 19.5% | 43.0% |
| Elk Meadows School SOUTH JORDAN | 580 | 20.2% | 55.9% |
| Summit Academy - Draper Campus DRAPER | 601 | 25.0% | 50.8% |
| Wasatch Peak Academy North Salt Lake | 519 | 19.1% | 56.3% |
| Calvin S. Smith School TAYLORSVILLE | 525 | 19.4% | 53.4% |
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 Oakwood School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #145 of 562 | #45 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #245 of 578 ▼ 48 | #64 of 180 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #212 of 578 ▼ 78 | #61 of 180 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #210 of 613 | #60 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #185 of 556 | #65 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #211 of 559 | #109 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.0% | #430 of 582 | #134 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #79 of 128 | #19 of 33 |
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
580
+131 (+29%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 527
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 | 580 | 29 | 20.0:1 | 19% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 20 | 28.9:1 | 24% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 17.5 | 19.9:1 | 19% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | N/A | N/A | 19% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | N/A | N/A | 21% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | N/A | N/A | 16% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 15 | 32.4:1 | 20% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 18 | 23.9:1 | 11% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 19 | 27.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakwood School.
About Oakwood School
Oakwood School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. The school serves 580 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
Granite District has a total of 85 schools and 59,404 students, Oakwood School among them.
Oakwood School's enrollment is 69% White. Next come 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. The White share in Salt Lake County as a whole is similar, at about 70%. By the diversity index, Oakwood School comes in at 49%.
Its teaching staff equals 29 full-time positions, a ratio of 20.0:1. That ratio is under the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. Around 19% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 15 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Oakwood School is B+. Compared with Utah public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 72% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 50.5% at Oakwood School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.3%.
Among Salt Lake County residents, median household income is about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 325 public schools in Salt Lake County, with a combined enrollment of about 209,757.
Bonneville Jr High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Oakwood School's average proficiency of 57.3% compares with 47.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Oakwood School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Oakwood School saw enrollment rise 29% between 2020-21 and 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
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Other Oakwood schools
One other US public school is named Oakwood. Oakwood School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Oakwood SchoolLemont, IL · 629 students
Nearby schools
- Bonneville Jr High0.9 mi · 636
- Academy for Math Engineering & Science1.0 mi · 460
- Cottonwood High1.0 mi · 1,451
- Woodstock School1.1 mi · 625
- Cottonwood School1.2 mi · 340
- Bella Vista School1.4 mi · 219
Frequently asked questions
About Oakwood SchoolHow many students attend Oakwood School?
Oakwood School enrolls approximately 580 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Oakwood School serve?
Oakwood School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oakwood School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oakwood School is approximately 20.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oakwood School?
At Oakwood School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Oakwood School?
Oakwood School is overseen by Granite District in Salt Lake County.
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