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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEBO DISTRICT·NCES 490063000397
Santaquin School
25 S 400 W, SANTAQUIN, UT 84655 · (801) 754-3611 · Utah County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Utah public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
21.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
199 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
36.6%
UT avg 41.4% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
42.5%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 37 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 down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.6% | 42.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 42.3% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Santaquin School
Santaquin School's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santaquin School this school | 579 | 34.4% | 44.1% |
| Hurricane School HURRICANE | 611 | 36.0% | 43.0% |
| Iron Springs School CEDAR CITY | 636 | 33.3% | 55.7% |
| Millville School MILLVILLE | 493 | 31.8% | 63.2% |
| Central School PLEASANT GROVE | 596 | 29.7% | 44.0% |
| Discovery School BRIGHAM CITY | 448 | 33.5% | 45.0% |
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 Santaquin School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #329 of 562 | #79 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #322 of 578 ▲ 18 | #77 of 117 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #390 of 578 ▼ 62 | #94 of 117 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #212 of 613 | #67 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #295 of 556 | #35 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #356 of 559 | #76 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.4% | #255 of 582 | #30 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.4% | #42 of 388 | #10 of 74 |
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
579
+126 (+28%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 600
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 | 579 | 27.3 | 21.2:1 | 34% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 677 | 34 | 19.9:1 | 28% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 26.8 | 23.3:1 | 27% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | N/A | N/A | 25% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 857 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 755 | N/A | N/A | 50% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 670 | 25 | 26.8:1 | 49% (326) |
| 2000-01 | 647 | 26 | 24.9:1 | 31% (202) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | 25 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santaquin School.
About Santaquin School
Santaquin School sits in SANTAQUIN, Utah, and is classified as an elementary school. There are 579 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6.
Within Nebo District, Santaquin School is one of 49 schools. The district enrolls 43,696 students.
The share of White students at Santaquin School is 78%, a majority. After that, the student body is 17% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Utah County at about 81% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 36, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 21.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Utah is similar, at 21.8:1. On the income side, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Utah County is 22%.
Among Utah public elementary schools, Santaquin School outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Santaquin School is 1.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Utah schools.
The school is in Utah County, where median household income comes to about $100,671, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Utah County counts 202 public schools with about 164,467 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Orchard Hills School, is about 0.9 miles. There are 7 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Santaquin School is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
Santaquin School falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 28% rise, from 453 to 579.
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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 Nebo District
- Nebo Online SchoolCombined · 7,791 students
- Maple Mountain HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Springville HighHigh · 1,665 students
- Payson HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Spanish Fork HighHigh · 1,640 students
- Salem Hills HighHigh · 1,593 students
Other schools in SANTAQUIN
- Orchard Hills SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Apple Valley SchoolElementary · 732 students
- C.S. Lewis AcademyElementary · 224 students
Nearby schools
- Orchard Hills School0.9 mi · 742
- Apple Valley School1.2 mi · 732
- C.S. Lewis Academy1.6 mi · 224
- Spring Lake School4.1 mi · 531
- Payson Jr High4.8 mi · 1,143
- Payson High4.9 mi · 1,648
Frequently asked questions
About Santaquin SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Santaquin School?
Santaquin School enrolls approximately 579 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Santaquin School serve?
Santaquin School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Santaquin School?
Approximately 21.2:1 students per teacher at Santaquin School.
How diverse is Santaquin School?
Santaquin School reports a student body of 78% White, 17% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Santaquin School?
Santaquin School is overseen by Nebo District in Utah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.