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Enrollment
731
Elementary
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALPINE DISTRICT·NCES 490003000029
Shelley School
602 N 200 W, AMERICAN FORK, UT 84003 · (801) 610-8718 · Utah County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL731 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% 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.
- ABeats 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
22.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
124 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 127 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 28% smaller than its 6th grade class (127).
Student demographics
31%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
58.5%
UT avg 41.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
68.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.5% | 68.9% |
| 2023-24 | 64.5% | 71.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Utah's top 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 Shelley School
Shelley School's state test result (68.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelley School this school | 731 | 17.0% | 68.2% |
| Old Mill School HEBER CITY | 769 | 15.7% | 75.1% |
| Bates School OGDEN | 690 | 17.8% | 45.8% |
| Sunrise School SMITHFIELD | 713 | 16.7% | 64.3% |
| Midway School MIDWAY | 652 | 15.3% | 71.7% |
| Farr West School OGDEN | 704 | 14.9% | 58.0% |
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 Shelley School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #43 of 562 | #8 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #40 of 578 ▼ 7 | #8 of 117 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #82 of 578 ▼ 19 | #20 of 117 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 731 | #68 of 613 | #36 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #430 of 556 | #68 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.9% | #424 of 559 | #90 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.0% | #462 of 582 | #82 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #130 of 388 | #32 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
731
-103 (-12%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 775
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 | 731 | 32.1 | 22.8:1 | 17% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 29.6 | 25.5:1 | 13% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 814 | 30.7 | 26.6:1 | 17% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 834 | N/A | N/A | 12% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 952 | N/A | N/A | 8% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 893 | N/A | N/A | 14% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 1,062 | 37 | 28.7:1 | 20% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 965 | 31 | 31.1:1 | 13% (126) |
| 1990-91 | 775 | 17 | 45.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shelley School.
About Shelley School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Shelley School serves students in AMERICAN FORK, Utah. The school had 731 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Utah) has about 491 students.
Alpine District is the district for Shelley School. It has 89 schools and 86,645 students.
White students are the large majority at Shelley School, with 82% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share in Utah County as a whole is similar, at about 81%. The chance that two students picked at random at Shelley School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 31%.
Teachers at Shelley School total 32.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 22.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Utah average 21.8:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 17%.
The allk12 Grade for Shelley School is A. Compared with Utah public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Shelley School is in the top 10% of Utah schools: 68.2% actual against 51.5% predicted.
In Utah County (population about 705,400), median household income is about $100,671, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 202 public schools operate in Utah County, serving about 164,467 students.
The next-closest public school is Alpine Online School, about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Shelley School. Its average proficiency rate of 68.2% is above the 47.5% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 834 in 2020-21 and 731 in 2024-25, a decrease of 103 students.
The Shelley School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 AMERICAN FORK
- American Fork HighHigh · 2,316 students
- American Fork Jr HighMiddle · 1,827 students
- Legacy SchoolElementary · 819 students
- Greenwood SchoolElementary · 713 students
- Barratt SchoolElementary · 563 students
- Athenian eAcademyCombined · 557 students
Nearby schools
- Alpine Online School0.3 mi · 106
- Forbes School0.7 mi · 550
- American Fork Jr High0.8 mi · 1,827
- Legacy School1.0 mi · 819
- American Fork High1.2 mi · 2,316
- Greenwood School1.2 mi · 713
Frequently asked questions
About Shelley SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Shelley School?
Shelley School enrolls approximately 731 students in grades PK-06.
Is Shelley School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shelley School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Shelley School have?
Shelley School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shelley School?
At Shelley School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Shelley School?
Shelley 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.