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Enrollment
881
Elementary
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALPINE DISTRICT·NCES 490003001385
Traverse Mountain School
2500 W CHAPEL RIDGE RD, LEHI, UT 84043 · (801) 610-8725 · Utah County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL881 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Utah public elementary schools
- B+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
25.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
109 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 | 45 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 151 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 35% smaller than its 6th grade class (151).
Student demographics
37%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
52.9%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
58.9%
UT avg 41.8% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 8 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 52.6% | 51.2% |
% 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Traverse Mountain School
Traverse Mountain School's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traverse Mountain School this school | 881 | 12.4% | 54.4% |
| Golden Fields School SOUTH JORDAN | 854 | 12.3% | 59.0% |
| Eastlake School SOUTH JORDAN | 792 | 15.7% | 58.2% |
| Syracuse School SYRACUSE | 865 | 13.6% | 47.9% |
| Lakeside School WEST POINT | 864 | 15.2% | 53.1% |
| Syracuse Arts Academy - North SYRACUSE | 730 | 15.8% | 63.7% |
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 Traverse Mountain School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Utah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #184 of 562 | #47 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #118 of 578 ▲ 96 | #29 of 117 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #145 of 578 ▲ 58 | #36 of 117 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 881 | #19 of 613 | #14 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.8:1 | #545 of 556 | #112 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.5% | #341 of 559 | #72 of 115 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.4% | #510 of 582 | #100 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.2% | #71 of 388 | #18 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
881
+122 (+16%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 646
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 | 881 | 34.1 | 25.8:1 | 12% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 926 | 34.2 | 27.1:1 | 9% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 737 | 27.5 | 26.8:1 | 11% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 759 | N/A | N/A | 8% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 1,245 | N/A | N/A | 4% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 1,121 | N/A | N/A | 6% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 52 | 12.4:1 | 16% (105) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Traverse Mountain School.
About Traverse Mountain School
Traverse Mountain School is a large elementary school in LEHI, Utah, (ZIP code 84043). The student body numbers 881 students, from pre-K through 6. The average among elementary schools in Utah is roughly 491 students; this school is 79% above that.
The district, Alpine District, operates 89 schools serving 86,645 students.
By race and ethnicity, Traverse Mountain School is 79% White. The school is also 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Pacific Islander. For comparison, Utah County is about 81% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Traverse Mountain School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
Teachers at Traverse Mountain School total 34.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 25.8:1. The 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 109 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 12%. The 22% average for public schools in Utah County is 10 points higher.
Measured against Utah public elementary schools, Traverse Mountain School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 54.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 53.8%.
In Utah County (population about 705,400), median household income is about $100,671, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Traverse Mountain School is one of 202 public schools in Utah County, which together enroll about 164,467 students.
Ignite Entrepreneurship Academy is the public school closest to Traverse Mountain School, about 1.0 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Traverse Mountain School is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 16%, from 759 to 881.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 LEHI
- Skyridge High SchoolHigh · 2,483 students
- Lehi HighHigh · 2,242 students
- Viewpoint MiddleMiddle · 1,667 students
- Willowcreek MiddleMiddle · 1,591 students
- Lehi Jr HighMiddle · 1,376 students
- Dry Creek SchoolElementary · 1,157 students
Nearby schools
- Ignite Entrepreneurship Academy1.0 mi · 489
- Fox Hollow School1.5 mi · 733
- Elevated Charter School1.9 mi · 228
- Belmont School1.9 mi · 946
- Viewpoint Middle2.1 mi · 1,667
- Liberty Hills Elementary2.2 mi · 864
Frequently asked questions
About Traverse Mountain SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Traverse Mountain School?
Traverse Mountain School enrolls approximately 881 students in grades PK-06.
Is Traverse Mountain School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Traverse Mountain School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Traverse Mountain School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Traverse Mountain School is approximately 25.8:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Traverse Mountain School?
Traverse Mountain School reports a student body of 79% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Traverse Mountain School?
Traverse Mountain School is overseen by Alpine District in Utah County.
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