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Enrollment
474
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042000327
Terra Linda School
8400 S 3400 W, WEST JORDAN, UT 84088 · (801) 282-8036 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% 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.
- C-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
15.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
255 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (85).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
27.3%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
UT avg 41.8% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 are up about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.3% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.8% | 20.2% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Terra Linda School
Terra Linda School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terra Linda School this school | 474 | 53.8% | 27.4% |
| Adelaide School BOUNTIFUL | 415 | 49.4% | 27.8% |
| Westvale School WEST JORDAN | 462 | 54.3% | 33.1% |
| Sandy School SANDY | 514 | 58.0% | 23.4% |
| Mount Mahogany School PLEASANT GROVE | 631 | 51.7% | 27.0% |
| West Kearns School KEARNS | 548 | 57.7% | 32.4% |
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 Terra Linda School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #491 of 562 | #124 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #502 of 578 ▲ 28 | #135 of 180 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #487 of 578 ▲ 16 | #120 of 180 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #356 of 613 | #103 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #28 of 556 | #12 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #56 of 559 | #51 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #91 of 582 | #38 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #188 of 388 | #85 of 133 |
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
474
-39 (-8%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 884
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 | 474 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 54% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 28.5 | 16.1:1 | 47% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 26 | 18.2:1 | 37% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | N/A | N/A | 33% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | N/A | N/A | 44% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | N/A | N/A | 41% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 22 | 24.4:1 | 38% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 1,035 | 37 | 28.0:1 | 26% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 884 | 30 | 29.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Terra Linda School.
About Terra Linda School
Terra Linda School serves students in WEST JORDAN, Utah, as a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 474 students in kindergarten through 6.
Jordan District, which runs Terra Linda School, has 67 schools and 58,788 students.
The most common group at Terra Linda School is White students, at 47%. It is also 41% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander, and 2% Asian. Salt Lake County's residents are about 70% White, 23 points above the school's share. Terra Linda School's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 15.8 students per teacher and 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Salt Lake County averages 34%, lower than here.
Terra Linda School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of Utah public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Terra Linda School is 6.0 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 27.4% actual, 33.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Utah.
Terra Linda School is located in Salt Lake County, where the median household income is $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Terra Linda School is one of 325 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Itineris Early College High, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Terra Linda School is behind the 33.0% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment has fallen by 39 students since 2020-21, to 474.
The Terra Linda School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Jordan District
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- Mountain Ridge HighHigh · 2,738 students
- Herriman HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Riverton HighHigh · 2,295 students
- PreschoolElementary · 1,773 students
Other schools in WEST JORDAN
- Copper Hills HighHigh · 2,837 students
- West Jordan HighHigh · 1,761 students
- Sunset Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,377 students
- West Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,169 students
- West Jordan MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
- Fox Hollow SchoolElementary · 872 students
Nearby schools
- Itineris Early College High0.3 mi · 366
- Joel P. Jensen Middle0.6 mi · 760
- Columbia School0.7 mi · 599
- West Jordan High0.9 mi · 1,761
- Westvale School1.3 mi · 462
- Hawthorn Academy West Jordan1.5 mi · 743
Frequently asked questions
About Terra Linda SchoolHow many students attend Terra Linda School?
Terra Linda School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades KG-06.
Is Terra Linda School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Terra Linda School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Terra Linda School have?
Terra Linda School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Terra Linda School?
At Terra Linda School, the student body is approximately 47% White, 41% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Terra Linda School in?
Terra Linda School is part of Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.