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Enrollment
995
Elementary
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALPINE DISTRICT·NCES 490003000907
Pony Express School
3985 E SMITH RANCH RD, EAGLE MOUNTAIN, UT 84005 · (801) 610-8714 · Utah County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL995 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Utah public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
22.5:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
237 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 144 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 151 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 144 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 131 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (144) is 10% larger than its 6th grade class (131).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
43.4%
UT avg 41.4% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
39.6%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 down about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.4% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 43.9% |
% 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Pony Express School
Pony Express School's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pony Express School this school | 995 | 23.8% | 46.3% |
| Hidden Hollow School EAGLE MOUNTAIN | 943 | 23.2% | 56.4% |
| Mountain Point Elementary BLUFFDALE | 830 | 23.1% | 42.3% |
| Silver Lake Elementary EAGLE MOUNTAIN | 870 | 22.0% | 51.9% |
| Brookhaven School EAGLE MOUNTAIN | 1,077 | 20.5% | 43.4% |
| John Hancock Charters School Eagle Mountain EAGLE MOUNTAIN | 864 | 19.4% | N/A |
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 Pony Express School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #301 of 562 | #71 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #362 of 578 ▼ 43 | #91 of 117 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #289 of 578 ▲ 36 | #69 of 117 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 995 | #11 of 613 | #9 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #408 of 556 | #57 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #302 of 559 | #59 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.8% | #358 of 582 | #50 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #91 of 128 | #17 of 26 |
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
995
+21 (+2%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 1,214
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 | 995 | 44.3 | 22.5:1 | 24% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 1,084 | 42.8 | 25.3:1 | 19% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 1,128 | 41.6 | 27.1:1 | 24% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 974 | N/A | N/A | 22% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 959 | N/A | N/A | 26% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 865 | N/A | N/A | 31% (268) |
| 2010-11 | 1,214 | 42 | 28.9:1 | 32% (386) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pony Express School.
About Pony Express School
Pony Express School is a large elementary school for students in EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah. The grade span is pre-K through 6, and enrollment is 995 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Utah) has about 491 students.
A total of 89 schools make up Alpine District, with 86,645 students enrolled.
Roughly 75% of students at Pony Express School are White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. Pony Express School's diversity index is 41%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.5:1, with 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah fairly closely. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Pony Express School is 24%. That tracks the 22% average for public schools in Utah County.
Pony Express School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 39% of Utah public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pony Express School falls in the middle 80% of Utah schools: 46.3% actual against 48.2% predicted.
Utah County has about 705,400 residents, and the median household income is $100,671, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, Utah County has 202 public schools and roughly 164,467 students.
The nearest public school is Brookhaven School, at about 0.8 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Pony Express School is 5th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Pony Express School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 974 students in 2020-21 and 995 in 2024-25.
The Pony Express School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Utah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
705,400
Census ACS
Median income
$100,671
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
202
164,467 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alpine District
- Cedar Valley HighHigh · 3,300 students
- Westlake HighHigh · 3,052 students
- Lone Peak HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Skyridge High SchoolHigh · 2,483 students
- American Fork HighHigh · 2,316 students
- Lehi HighHigh · 2,242 students
Other schools in EAGLE MOUNTAIN
- Cedar Valley HighHigh · 3,300 students
- Frontier Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,781 students
- Desert SkyElementary · 1,096 students
- Brookhaven SchoolElementary · 1,077 students
- Hidden Hollow SchoolElementary · 943 students
- Silver Lake ElementaryElementary · 870 students
Nearby schools
- Brookhaven School0.8 mi · 1,077
- Ranches Academy0.9 mi · 360
- Silver Lake Elementary1.2 mi · 870
- Hidden Hollow School1.4 mi · 943
- Rockwell Charter High School1.5 mi · 315
- Thunder Ridge School1.8 mi · 1,093
Frequently asked questions
About Pony Express SchoolHow large is Pony Express School?
Pony Express School enrolls approximately 995 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Pony Express School serve?
Pony Express School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Pony Express School?
Approximately 22.5:1 students per teacher at Pony Express School.
How diverse is Pony Express School?
Pony Express School reports a student body of 75% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Pony Express School?
Pony Express School is overseen by Alpine District in Utah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.