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Enrollment
477
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000266
Upland Terrace School
3700 S 2860 E, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84109 · (385) 646-5055 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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.
- B+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
22.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
55 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 | 33 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
26%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
58.4%
UT avg 41.4% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
64.6%
UT avg 41.8% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.4% | 64.6% |
| 2023-24 | 65.9% | 61.7% |
% 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 Upland Terrace School
Upland Terrace School's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upland Terrace School this school | 477 | 11.5% | 63.8% |
| Crestview School SALT LAKE CITY | 485 | 13.2% | 61.6% |
| Farmington School FARMINGTON | 444 | 10.1% | 63.6% |
| Canyon View School Salt Lake City | 471 | 10.8% | 69.1% |
| Howard R. Driggs School SALT LAKE CITY | 469 | 6.0% | 81.4% |
| Snow Horse School KAYSVILLE | 490 | 8.0% | 68.3% |
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 Upland Terrace School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #74 of 562 | #27 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #69 of 578 ▲ 37 | #26 of 180 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #84 of 578 ▼ 37 | #29 of 180 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #353 of 613 | #101 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #389 of 556 | #135 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.9% | #477 of 559 | #171 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.5% | #522 of 582 | #160 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #80 of 128 | #20 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
477
-42 (-8%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 714
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 | 477 | 21.5 | 22.2:1 | 12% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 21.5 | 23.8:1 | 14% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 23.5 | 22.1:1 | 16% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | N/A | N/A | 19% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | N/A | N/A | 18% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 673 | N/A | N/A | 16% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 24 | 25.5:1 | 16% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 587 | 23 | 25.5:1 | 6% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 26 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Upland Terrace School.
About Upland Terrace School
Upland Terrace School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Enrollment stands at 477 students, covering pre-K through 5.
A total of 85 schools make up Granite District, with 59,404 students enrolled.
Upland Terrace School is 86% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. In Salt Lake County overall, about 70% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 26%.
There are 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Upland Terrace School, giving a ratio of 22.2:1. It is about the same as the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. By family income, 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 34% average among public schools in Salt Lake County.
On the allk12 Grade, Upland Terrace School lands at A-, ahead of 82% of Utah public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Upland Terrace School would be expected to post about 54.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 63.8%.
The county, Salt Lake County, is where the school is located. 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. Counting Upland Terrace School, Salt Lake County has 325 public schools.
The closest school to Upland Terrace School is Wasatch Jr High, located about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Upland Terrace School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Upland Terrace School is 6th of 9 on 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 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% drop, from 519 to 477.
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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 SALT LAKE CITY
- West HighHigh · 2,503 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
- Olympus HighHigh · 2,151 students
- Highland HighHigh · 1,973 students
- East HighHigh · 1,764 students
Nearby schools
- Wasatch Jr High0.3 mi · 829
- Skyline High0.6 mi · 2,186
- Morningside School0.7 mi · 564
- Olympus High0.7 mi · 2,151
- Howard R. Driggs School0.9 mi · 469
- Canyon Rim Academy1.1 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Upland Terrace SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Upland Terrace School?
Upland Terrace School enrolls approximately 477 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Upland Terrace School serve?
Upland Terrace School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Upland Terrace School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Upland Terrace School is approximately 22.2:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Upland Terrace School?
At Upland Terrace School, the student body is approximately 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Upland Terrace School public or private?
Upland Terrace School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Granite District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.