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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000262
South Kearns School
4430 W 5570 S, KEARNS, UT 84118 · (385) 646-5026 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Utah public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
19.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
251 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 50 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
28.0%
UT avg 41.4% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
25.3%
UT avg 41.8% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 23.7% | 23.3% |
% 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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 South Kearns School
South Kearns School's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Kearns School this school | 536 | 46.8% | 27.7% |
| Philo T. Farnsworth School WEST VALLEY CITY | 448 | 49.1% | 23.4% |
| Jackling School WEST VALLEY CITY | 415 | 45.8% | 18.3% |
| David Gourley School KEARNS | 423 | 47.3% | 35.2% |
| Lincoln School LAYTON | 642 | 46.4% | 20.9% |
| Academy Park School WEST VALLEY CITY | 358 | 48.3% | 18.8% |
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 South Kearns School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #487 of 562 | #123 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #482 of 578 ▲ 23 | #124 of 180 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #476 of 578 ▲ 44 | #118 of 180 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #266 of 613 | #77 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #150 of 556 | #54 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #48 of 559 | #44 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.8% | #154 of 582 | #54 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.4% | #11 of 128 | #3 of 33 |
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
536
+34 (+7%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 659
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 | 536 | 27.5 | 19.5:1 | 47% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 22.5 | 20.8:1 | 61% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 23.9 | 18.8:1 | 68% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | N/A | N/A | 74% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 390 | N/A | N/A | 73% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | N/A | N/A | 71% (332) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 16 | 27.3:1 | 76% (330) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 26 | 20.4:1 | 62% (329) |
| 1990-91 | 659 | 24 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Kearns School.
About South Kearns School
South Kearns School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in KEARNS, Utah. It reports enrollment of 536 students in pre-K through 6.
South Kearns School sits within Granite District, which has 85 schools and 59,404 students.
No group is above 50% at South Kearns School; the largest is Hispanic, at 49%. Other reported shares: 38% White, 5% Black, 4% Pacific Islander, and 4% multiracial. Salt Lake County's residents are about 21% Hispanic, 29 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, South Kearns School scores 61%.
There are about 19.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at South Kearns School, which has 27.5. The school's 19.5:1 compares with an average of 21.8:1 for elementary schools in Utah. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 47%. The gap from the 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 13 points.
South Kearns School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of Utah public elementary schools.
In Utah, South Kearns School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 27.7% actual against a predicted 36.9%.
For Salt Lake County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $97,494 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Salt Lake County number 325, with about 209,757 students.
Kearns High is the nearest public school to South Kearns School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 30.4%, higher than South Kearns School's 27.7%.
Federal data place South Kearns School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 7% across 4 years, from 502 in 2020-21 to 536 in 2024-25.
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Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Granite District
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
Other schools in KEARNS
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Thomas Jefferson Jr HighMiddle · 915 students
- Kearns Jr HighMiddle · 732 students
- Entheos Academy KearnsCombined · 579 students
- West Kearns SchoolElementary · 548 students
- Beehive SchoolElementary · 489 students
Nearby schools
- Kearns High0.4 mi · 2,313
- Kearns Jr High0.6 mi · 732
- Entheos Academy Kearns0.8 mi · 579
- David Gourley School0.9 mi · 423
- Western Hills School0.9 mi · 298
- West Kearns School0.9 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About South Kearns SchoolHow many students attend South Kearns School?
South Kearns School enrolls approximately 536 students in grades PK-06.
Is South Kearns School an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Kearns School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does South Kearns School have?
South Kearns School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
How diverse is South Kearns School?
South Kearns School reports a student body of 38% White, 49% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees South Kearns School?
South Kearns School is overseen by Granite District in Salt Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.