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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042000684
Oquirrh School
7165 S 3285 W, WEST JORDAN, UT 84084 · (801) 565-7474 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Utah public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
18.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
309 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 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 10% smaller than its 6th grade class (82).
Student demographics
65%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
23.2%
UT avg 41.4% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
19.4%
UT avg 41.8% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.2% | 19.4% |
| 2023-24 | 19.8% | 15.0% |
% 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
22.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Oquirrh School
Oquirrh School's state test result (22.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oquirrh School this school | 524 | 59.0% | 22.8% |
| Westmore School OREM | 543 | 58.2% | 31.2% |
| Sandy School SANDY | 514 | 58.0% | 23.4% |
| Nibley Park School SALT LAKE CITY | 483 | 54.9% | 33.8% |
| West Kearns School KEARNS | 548 | 57.7% | 32.4% |
| Woodruff School LOGAN | 560 | 51.8% | 37.9% |
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 Oquirrh School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #521 of 562 | #143 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #528 of 578 ▲ 26 | #152 of 180 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #516 of 578 ▲ 24 | #135 of 180 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #281 of 613 | #82 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #90 of 556 | #32 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #18 of 559 | #17 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #61 of 582 | #29 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #165 of 388 | #77 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
524
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 1,029
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 | 524 | 28.8 | 18.2:1 | 59% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 29.5 | 17.7:1 | 55% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 50% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | N/A | N/A | 51% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 657 | N/A | N/A | 54% (356) |
| 2015-16 | 755 | N/A | N/A | 56% (422) |
| 2010-11 | 794 | 32 | 24.8:1 | 54% (429) |
| 2000-01 | 798 | 34 | 23.5:1 | 33% (260) |
| 1990-91 | 1,029 | 40 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oquirrh School.
About Oquirrh School
Oquirrh School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in WEST JORDAN, Utah. The school serves 524 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Enrollment across the 67 schools in Jordan District totals 58,788 students.
At Oquirrh School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 44%. The next largest groups are 39% White, 7% Pacific Islander, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 23 points above the 21% share among Salt Lake County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 18.2:1 comes from the school's 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. The lunch program counts 59% of students at Oquirrh School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 34%.
Measured against Utah public elementary schools, Oquirrh School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Oquirrh School would be expected to post about 31.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 22.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Salt Lake County show that the median household income is $97,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 325 public schools in Salt Lake County, enrolling about 209,757 students in all.
The nearest public school is Westland School, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 33.1% proficiency; Oquirrh School posts 22.8%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 3% from its 2020-21 level of 509.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Westland School0.3 mi · 595
- Columbia School0.9 mi · 599
- Joel P. Jensen Middle1.2 mi · 760
- West Jordan High1.3 mi · 1,761
- West Jordan Middle1.5 mi · 1,000
- Fox Hills School1.5 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About Oquirrh SchoolHow many students attend Oquirrh School?
Oquirrh School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades KG-06.
Is Oquirrh School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oquirrh School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Oquirrh School have?
Oquirrh School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oquirrh School?
At Oquirrh School, the student body is approximately 39% White, 44% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Oquirrh School in?
Oquirrh School is part of Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.