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If you could change one rule at Sierra Bonita Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEBO DISTRICT·NCES 490063001391
Sierra Bonita Elementary
53 S 1800 E, SPANISH FORK, UT 84660 · (801) 798-4480 · Utah County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Utah public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
91 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
28%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
50.7%
UT avg 41.4% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
62.7%
UT avg 41.8% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 up about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 62.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 58.2% |
% 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Sierra Bonita Elementary
Sierra Bonita Elementary's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Bonita Elementary this school | 568 | 16.0% | 59.7% |
| Meadow School LEHI | 612 | 14.7% | 47.9% |
| Southland School RIVERTON | 592 | 16.0% | 55.5% |
| Ellison Park School LAYTON | 565 | 15.0% | 52.6% |
| Foothills School SALEM | 605 | 15.9% | 56.3% |
| Rosamond School RIVERTON | 573 | 18.3% | 51.5% |
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 Sierra Bonita Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #115 of 562 | #30 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #83 of 578 ▲ 61 | #18 of 117 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #179 of 578 ▼ 35 | #45 of 117 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #220 of 613 | #68 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #449 of 556 | #76 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.9% | #457 of 559 | #98 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.0% | #474 of 582 | #89 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.6% | #36 of 388 | #8 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
568
-251 (-31%) vs 2020
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 | 568 | 24.6 | 23.1:1 | 16% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 28.4 | 20.9:1 | 17% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 26 | 24.0:1 | 16% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 819 | N/A | N/A | 12% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 856 | N/A | N/A | 8% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 742 | N/A | N/A | 17% (124) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sierra Bonita Elementary.
About Sierra Bonita Elementary
Sierra Bonita Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in SPANISH FORK, Utah, (ZIP code 84660). It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 568 students.
Federal data list 49 schools in Nebo District, with 43,696 students enrolled.
White students are the large majority at Sierra Bonita Elementary, with 84% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 81% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Sierra Bonita Elementary comes in at 28%.
A ratio of 23.1:1 comes from the school's 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Utah average 21.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 16% in 2024-25.
Sierra Bonita Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of Utah public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Sierra Bonita Elementary, the prediction is 52.0% and the result is 59.7%.
In the county around the school, Utah County, 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. Sierra Bonita Elementary is among the 202 public schools in Utah County.
The nearest other public school, Maple Mountain High, is about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sierra Bonita Elementary. On state test proficiency, Sierra Bonita Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Sierra Bonita Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Sierra Bonita Elementary went from 819 students to 568.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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 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 SPANISH FORK
- Maple Mountain HighHigh · 1,902 students
- Spanish Fork HighHigh · 1,640 students
- American Leadership AcademyCombined · 1,597 students
- Diamond Fork MiddleMiddle · 1,074 students
- Spanish Fork Jr HighMiddle · 1,070 students
- Riverview SchoolElementary · 738 students
Nearby schools
- Maple Mountain High0.5 mi · 1,902
- Larsen School0.6 mi · 431
- Rees School0.6 mi · 728
- Diamond Fork Middle0.8 mi · 1,074
- Park School1.1 mi · 469
- Spanish Fork Jr High1.1 mi · 1,070
Frequently asked questions
About Sierra Bonita ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sierra Bonita Elementary?
Sierra Bonita Elementary enrolls approximately 568 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Sierra Bonita Elementary serve?
Sierra Bonita Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sierra Bonita Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sierra Bonita Elementary is approximately 23.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sierra Bonita Elementary?
Student demographics at Sierra Bonita Elementary are roughly 84% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Sierra Bonita Elementary public or private?
Sierra Bonita Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nebo District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.