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Enrollment
777
Elementary
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALPINE DISTRICT·NCES 490003001099
Saratoga Shores School
1415 S Parkside Drive, SARATOGA SPRINGS, UT 84045 · (801) 610-8716 · Utah County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL777 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Utah public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
23.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
67 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 | 54 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 136 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 49% smaller than its 6th grade class (136).
Student demographics
26%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
65.7%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
60.1%
UT avg 41.8% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.7% | 60.1% |
| 2023-24 | 65.7% | 60.7% |
% 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
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Saratoga Shores School
Saratoga Shores School's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saratoga Shores School this school | 777 | 8.6% | 64.5% |
| Eaglecrest School LEHI | 755 | 9.9% | 68.1% |
| Canyon Creek School FARMINGTON | 778 | 6.0% | 63.4% |
| Ridgeline School HIGHLAND | 746 | 8.8% | 66.0% |
| Majestic Fields School WASHINGTON | 732 | 11.3% | 55.7% |
| West Bountiful School WEST BOUNTIFUL | 660 | 11.2% | 51.4% |
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 Saratoga Shores School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #67 of 562 | #16 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #106 of 578 ▲ 10 | #25 of 117 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #32 of 578 ▲ 19 | #6 of 117 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 777 | #49 of 613 | #26 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #454 of 556 | #77 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.9% | #475 of 559 | #103 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.6% | #555 of 582 | #111 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #260 of 388 | #51 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
777
-84 (-10%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 1,200
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 | 777 | 33.6 | 23.1:1 | 9% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 793 | 29.9 | 26.5:1 | 8% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 782 | 30.8 | 25.4:1 | 10% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 861 | N/A | N/A | 9% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 876 | N/A | N/A | 5% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 1,087 | N/A | N/A | 10% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 1,200 | 36 | 33.3:1 | 23% (275) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saratoga Shores School.
About Saratoga Shores School
A large elementary school in SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah, Saratoga Shores School is part of Alpine District. It serves 777 students in pre-K through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in Utah average about 491 students.
The Alpine District system has 89 schools and 86,645 students.
At Saratoga Shores School, White students make up 86% of the student body. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. By the diversity index, Saratoga Shores School comes in at 26%.
The teaching staff at Saratoga Shores School is 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 23.1:1. That ratio is over the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 9%. The rate at public schools in Utah County averages 22%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Saratoga Shores School is A-. Compared with Utah public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 82% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 55.6% for a school in Utah with Saratoga Shores School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Saratoga Shores School posts 64.5%.
Saratoga Shores School is located in Utah County, where median household income is about $100,671, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 202 public schools in Utah County, with a combined enrollment of about 164,467.
The next-closest public school is Lake Mountain Middle, about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Saratoga Shores School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Saratoga Shores School is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Saratoga Shores School's location as Suburb: Large.
Saratoga Shores School had 861 students in 2020-21 and 777 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease.
Discussions about Saratoga Shores School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 SARATOGA SPRINGS
- Westlake HighHigh · 3,052 students
- Vista Heights MiddleHigh · 1,671 students
- Lake Mountain MiddleMiddle · 1,471 students
- Thunder Ridge SchoolElementary · 1,093 students
- Lakeview AcademyCombined · 1,061 students
- Harvest SchoolElementary · 1,031 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Mountain Middle0.5 mi · 1,471
- Springside School1.0 mi · 827
- Silver Lake Elementary1.7 mi · 870
- Vista Heights Middle1.9 mi · 1,671
- Westlake High2.0 mi · 3,052
- Horizon School2.2 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Saratoga Shores SchoolHow large is Saratoga Shores School?
Saratoga Shores School enrolls approximately 777 students in grades PK-06.
Is Saratoga Shores School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Saratoga Shores School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Saratoga Shores School?
Approximately 23.1:1 students per teacher at Saratoga Shores School.
How diverse is Saratoga Shores School?
Saratoga Shores School reports a student body of 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Saratoga Shores School public or private?
Saratoga Shores School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alpine District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.