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Enrollment
560
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANYONS DISTRICT·NCES 490014200318
Peruvian Park School
1545 E 8425 S, SANDY, UT 84093 · (801) 826-9100 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
124 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 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
79.9%
UT avg 41.4% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
79.4%
UT avg 41.8% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 1 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.9% | 79.4% |
| 2023-24 | 80.8% | 78.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+31.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 31 points, placing it in Utah's top 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 Peruvian Park School
Peruvian Park School's state test result (80.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peruvian Park School this school | 560 | 22.1% | 80.1% |
| Thomas Edison - North NORTH LOGAN | 490 | 22.7% | 59.5% |
| Indian Hills School SALT LAKE CITY | 467 | 13.5% | 78.5% |
| Woodstock School SALT LAKE CITY | 625 | 24.8% | 53.9% |
| Wasatch School PROVO | 546 | 25.8% | 62.1% |
| Beacon Heights School SALT LAKE CITY | 345 | 18.3% | 70.6% |
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 Peruvian Park School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #3 of 562 | #2 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #6 of 578 ▲ 2 | #5 of 180 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #2 of 578 ▲ 2 | #2 of 180 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #229 of 613 | #67 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #336 of 556 | #116 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #189 of 559 | #101 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.1% | #381 of 582 | #119 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #100 of 128 | #26 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
560
+28 (+5%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 510
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 | 560 | 25.9 | 21.6:1 | 22% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 24 | 22.7:1 | 25% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 23 | 22.0:1 | 22% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | N/A | N/A | 18% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 544 | N/A | N/A | 32% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | N/A | N/A | 28% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 21 | 24.3:1 | 26% (131) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peruvian Park School.
About Peruvian Park School
In SANDY, Utah, Peruvian Park School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 560 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
In Canyons District, 47 schools enroll a combined 32,688 students.
A majority of students at Peruvian Park School, 68%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 9% Asian. That is close to the 70% White share among all Salt Lake County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Peruvian Park School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
The school employs the equivalent of 25.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 21.6:1. Elementary schools in Utah average about 21.8:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Peruvian Park School is 22%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Salt Lake County is 34%.
Peruvian Park School is 31.1 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Utah.
Census Bureau estimates for Salt Lake County show that median household income is about $97,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Peruvian Park School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County, which together enroll about 209,757 students.
The nearest public school is Oakdale School, at about 0.6 miles. Peruvian Park School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Peruvian Park School ranks 1st on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 532 to 560.
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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 Canyons District
- Corner Canyon HighHigh · 2,437 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Hillcrest HighHigh · 2,421 students
- Alta HighHigh · 2,278 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Draper Park MiddleMiddle · 1,411 students
Other schools in SANDY
- Alta HighHigh · 2,278 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Indian Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Albion MiddleMiddle · 943 students
- Union MiddleMiddle · 911 students
- Midvale MiddleMiddle · 802 students
Nearby schools
- Oakdale School0.6 mi · 340
- Silver Mesa School0.7 mi · 551
- East Sandy School1.0 mi · 364
- Jordan Valley School1.3 mi · 79
- Canyons Technical Education Center1.4 mi · 8
- Brighton High1.4 mi · 2,435
Frequently asked questions
About Peruvian Park SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Peruvian Park School?
Peruvian Park School enrolls approximately 560 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Peruvian Park School serve?
Peruvian Park School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Peruvian Park School have?
Peruvian Park School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Peruvian Park School?
Student demographics at Peruvian Park School are roughly 68% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Peruvian Park School public or private?
Peruvian Park School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Canyons District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.