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Enrollment
699
Elementary
DISTRICT 595 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMAS EDISON·NCES 490001501284
Thomas Edison - South
1275 W 2350 S, NIBLEY, UT 84321 · (435) 752-0123 · Cache County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL699 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% 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
19.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
181 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 11% larger than its 8th grade class (75).
Student demographics
33%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
67.1%
UT avg 41.4% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
67.7%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 67.7% |
| 2023-24 | 68.2% | 66.9% |
% 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
67.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% 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 20 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 Thomas Edison - South
Thomas Edison - South's state test result (67.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Edison - South this school | 699 | 25.9% | 67.1% |
| Reagan Academy SPRINGVILLE | 683 | 23.1% | 52.6% |
| Garland School GARLAND | 658 | 29.0% | 54.3% |
| Discovery School VERNAL | 656 | 29.6% | 56.9% |
| Riverton School RIVERTON | 657 | 24.2% | 53.6% |
| Scholar Academy TOOELE | 690 | 29.6% | 24.0% |
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 Thomas Edison - South ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Cache County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #50 of 562 | #4 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #51 of 578 ▲ 5 | #5 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #26 of 578 ▲ 12 | #2 of 28 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 699 | #96 of 613 | #8 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #131 of 556 | #6 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.8% | #396 of 559 | #13 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.9% | #330 of 582 | #19 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #302 of 388 | #7 of 11 |
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
699
+50 (+8%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 647
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 | 699 | 36.6 | 19.1:1 | 26% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 716 | 33.1 | 21.6:1 | 26% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 33.1 | 21.6:1 | 29% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | N/A | N/A | 33% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 761 | N/A | N/A | 19% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 805 | N/A | N/A | 21% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 647 | 22 | 29.4:1 | 16% (101) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Edison - South.
About Thomas Edison - South
Students in NIBLEY, Utah, attend Thomas Edison - South, a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 699 students attend the school in kindergarten through 8. That puts enrollment 42% larger than the 491-student average for elementary schools in Utah.
Thomas Edison (2 schools, 1,189 students) runs Thomas Edison - South.
Thomas Edison - South is 80% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 17% Hispanic. That is in line with Cache County, where about 84% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 33%.
On staff are 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.1:1. Elementary schools in Utah average 21.8:1, 2.7 more students per teacher than here. Thomas Edison - South has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 26%.
Among Utah public elementary schools, Thomas Edison - South outscored 94%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Thomas Edison - South outperforms its prediction by 19.9 points. The model expects 47.1% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Utah; the school's rate is 67.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cache County show that median household income comes to about $81,665, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 44, with about 28,291 students.
Nibley School is the nearest public school to Thomas Edison - South, about 0.8 miles away. Thomas Edison - South is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 67.1% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size. Thomas Edison - South holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 50 students, from 649 to 699.
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Cache County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
140,046
Census ACS
Median income
$81,665
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
28,291 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NIBLEY
- Heritage SchoolElementary · 724 students
- Nibley SchoolElementary · 511 students
Nearby schools
- Nibley School0.8 mi · 511
- Heritage School1.1 mi · 724
- Ridgeline High School1.8 mi · 1,894
- Woodruff School2.1 mi · 560
- Millville School2.2 mi · 493
- Spring Creek Middle School2.4 mi · 869
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Edison - SouthWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas Edison - South?
Thomas Edison - South enrolls approximately 699 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Thomas Edison - South serve?
Thomas Edison - South serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Thomas Edison - South?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at Thomas Edison - South.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thomas Edison - South?
At Thomas Edison - South, the student body is approximately 80% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Thomas Edison - South in?
Thomas Edison - South is part of Thomas Edison.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.