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How has Thunder Ridge School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,093
Elementary
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALPINE DISTRICT·NCES 490003001413
Thunder Ridge School
264 N. 750 W., SARATOGA SPRINGS, UT 84045 · (801) 610-8727 · Utah County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,093 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Utah public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
25.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
176 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 | 60 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 160 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 157 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 156 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 144 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 146 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (160) is 10% larger than its 6th grade class (146).
Student demographics
39%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
41.2%
UT avg 41.4% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
39.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.2% | 39.9% |
| 2023-24 | 45.4% | 42.4% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 Thunder Ridge School
Thunder Ridge School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunder Ridge School this school | 1,093 | 16.1% | 45.0% |
| Belmont School LEHI | 946 | 16.6% | 55.4% |
| Desert Sky EAGLE MOUNTAIN | 1,096 | 16.7% | 44.7% |
| Harvest School SARATOGA SPRINGS | 1,031 | 13.5% | 66.7% |
| Sage Hills School SARATOGA SPRINGS | 870 | 15.7% | 47.9% |
| Dry Creek School LEHI | 1,157 | 15.8% | 57.9% |
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 Thunder Ridge School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #320 of 562 | #74 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #352 of 578 ▼ 14 | #89 of 117 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #324 of 578 ▼ 18 | #79 of 117 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,093 | #4 of 613 | #4 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #543 of 556 | #111 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.9% | #323 of 559 | #63 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.1% | #472 of 582 | #88 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #107 of 128 | #22 of 26 |
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
1,093
+340 (+45%) 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 | 1,093 | 42.9 | 25.5:1 | 16% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 1,052 | 40.1 | 26.2:1 | 12% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 1,051 | 38.9 | 27.0:1 | 16% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 753 | N/A | N/A | 15% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 1,072 | N/A | N/A | 17% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 1,196 | N/A | N/A | 21% (251) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thunder Ridge School.
About Thunder Ridge School
Thunder Ridge School is a large elementary school for students in SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah. It enrolls 1,093 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 6. It has 123% more students than the average for elementary schools in Utah (about 491).
Thunder Ridge School is part of Alpine District, where 89 schools serve 86,645 students.
The share of White students at Thunder Ridge School is 76%, a majority. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 39%.
Classroom staffing at Thunder Ridge School totals 42.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 25.5:1. Compared with the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 16% of students (176) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Thunder Ridge School lands at C, ahead of 30% of Utah public elementary schools.
Compared with Utah schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Thunder Ridge School's results are 6.9 points below predicted: 45.0% against 51.9%.
In Utah County, median household income comes to about $100,671, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Utah County counts 202 public schools with about 164,467 students.
Among nearby public schools, Horizon School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Thunder Ridge School is 6th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school counted 753 students in 2020-21 and 1,093 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference.
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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 SARATOGA SPRINGS
- Westlake HighHigh · 3,052 students
- Vista Heights MiddleHigh · 1,671 students
- Lake Mountain MiddleMiddle · 1,471 students
- Lakeview AcademyCombined · 1,061 students
- Harvest SchoolElementary · 1,031 students
- Riverview SchoolElementary · 1,002 students
Nearby schools
- Horizon School0.1 mi · 166
- Lakeview Academy0.3 mi · 1,061
- Vista Heights Middle0.4 mi · 1,671
- Westlake High0.6 mi · 3,052
- Silver Lake Elementary1.4 mi · 870
- Springside School1.6 mi · 827
Frequently asked questions
About Thunder Ridge SchoolHow large is Thunder Ridge School?
Thunder Ridge School enrolls approximately 1,093 students in grades PK-06.
Is Thunder Ridge School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thunder Ridge School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Thunder Ridge School?
Approximately 25.5:1 students per teacher at Thunder Ridge School.
What is the student diversity at Thunder Ridge School?
Student demographics at Thunder Ridge School are roughly 76% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Thunder Ridge School?
Thunder Ridge 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.