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Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEBER DISTRICT·NCES 490120000630
Pioneer School
250 N 1600 W, OGDEN, UT 84404 · (801) 452-4560 · Weber County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
118 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 30% smaller than its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
36.4%
UT avg 41.4% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
43.1%
UT avg 41.8% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 34.3% | 41.6% |
% 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Pioneer School
Pioneer School's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer School this school | 394 | 29.9% | 39.9% |
| Santa Clara School SANTA CLARA | 450 | 30.2% | 53.7% |
| Diamond Valley School ST GEORGE | 386 | 26.4% | 55.3% |
| Brockbank School SPANISH FORK | 456 | 29.2% | 40.2% |
| Century School BEAR RIVER CITY | 440 | 29.1% | 45.8% |
| Nebo View School NEPHI | 353 | 27.2% | 57.6% |
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 Pioneer School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Weber County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #388 of 562 | #18 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #314 of 578 ▲ 38 | #15 of 44 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #395 of 578 ▲ 39 | #21 of 44 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #457 of 613 | #35 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #365 of 556 | #30 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #420 of 559 | #34 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.9% | #296 of 582 | #32 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #177 of 388 | #9 of 32 |
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
394
-33 (-8%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 535
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 | 394 | 18 | 21.9:1 | 30% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 18.3 | 22.2:1 | 31% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 18 | 23.0:1 | 23% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | N/A | N/A | 26% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | N/A | N/A | 40% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | N/A | N/A | 40% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 24 | 22.6:1 | 37% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 24 | 24.1:1 | 25% (143) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 21 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pioneer School.
About Pioneer School
Pioneer School is a public elementary school in OGDEN, Utah. Total enrollment is 394 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6.
Weber District oversees Pioneer School and 51 other schools, with 32,054 students in total.
White students are 82% of those enrolled at Pioneer School. Next come 12% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is in line with Weber County, where about 83% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.
Pioneer School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. The school has 30% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
After adjusting for student poverty, Pioneer School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Utah schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.9%; the prediction is 45.2%.
In Weber County, home to about 269,648 people, the median household earns about $90,005 a year, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Weber County number 95, with about 49,670 students.
Measured in a straight line, Venture Academy is about 0.3 miles from Pioneer School. The five-mile area around Pioneer School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 39.9% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 5 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 8% over 4 years, reaching 394 in 2024-25.
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Weber County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,648
Census ACS
Median income
$90,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
49,670 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weber District
- Weber HighHigh · 2,002 students
- Roy HighHigh · 1,661 students
- Fremont HighHigh · 1,448 students
- Bonneville HighHigh · 1,373 students
- West Field High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- Wahlquist Jr HighMiddle · 1,033 students
Other schools in OGDEN
- Weber HighHigh · 2,002 students
- Bonneville HighHigh · 1,373 students
- Davinci AcademyCombined · 1,271 students
- West Field High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- Ben Lomond HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Ogden HighHigh · 1,127 students
Other Pioneer schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Pioneer. Pioneer School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Pioneer SchoolWEST VALLEY CITY, UT · 438 students
- PioneerDelano, CA · 1,043 students
- Pioneer SchoolLebanon, OR · 261 students
- Pioneer SchoolBillings, MT · 73 students
Nearby schools
- Venture Academy0.3 mi · 802
- Malan's Peak Secondary1.5 mi · 35
- Weber Innovation High School1.6 mi · 369
- Weber Online K-61.6 mi · 52
- Two Rivers High1.6 mi · 175
- Horizon Academy1.6 mi · 74
Frequently asked questions
About Pioneer SchoolHow large is Pioneer School?
Pioneer School enrolls approximately 394 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Pioneer School serve?
Pioneer School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pioneer School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pioneer School is approximately 21.9:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pioneer School?
Student demographics at Pioneer School are roughly 82% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Pioneer School public or private?
Pioneer School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Weber District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.