Shadow Valley School

Shadow Valley School operates as an average-sized elementary school in OGDEN, Utah, run under Ogden City District. Current enrollment sits at 594 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 21% bigger than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 491 students.

Ogden City District comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 10,244 students; Shadow Valley School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Shadow Valley School lists that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.9:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Weber County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Shadow Valley School ranks in the top 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 47.7%; Shadow Valley School posts 65.3%, +17.6 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, Weber County reports that median household income runs about $90,005, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shadow Valley School is one of 95 public schools in Weber County (combined enrollment of about 49,670 students).

Burch Creek School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shadow Valley School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shadow Valley School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Shadow Valley School's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 615 (now 594). The White share of enrollment edged down from 80% to 69% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Shadow Valley School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.