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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Welby School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
701
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JORDAN DISTRICT·NCES 490042000722
Welby School
4130 W 9580 S, South Jordan, UT 84009 · (801) 280-1456 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL701 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% 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.
- 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
22.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
145 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 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 112 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 36% smaller than its 6th grade class (112).
Student demographics
40%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
51.6%
UT avg 41.4% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
52.1%
UT avg 41.8% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.6% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.7% | 51.6% |
% 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Welby School
Welby School's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welby School this school | 701 | 20.7% | 53.4% |
| Old Mill School TOOELE | 665 | 19.5% | 40.7% |
| Reagan Academy SPRINGVILLE | 683 | 23.1% | 52.6% |
| Rose Creek School RIVERTON | 649 | 20.2% | 49.6% |
| Heritage School NIBLEY | 724 | 20.9% | 67.8% |
| Riverton School RIVERTON | 657 | 24.2% | 53.6% |
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 Welby School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #200 of 562 | #59 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #201 of 578 ▲ 7 | #52 of 180 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #165 of 578 ▲ 117 | #50 of 180 ▲ 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 701 | #94 of 613 | #24 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #415 of 556 | #142 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #306 of 559 | #139 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #400 of 582 | #125 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.3% | #108 of 388 | #50 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
701
-102 (-13%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,099
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 | 701 | 31 | 22.6:1 | 21% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 731 | 32.3 | 22.7:1 | 21% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 790 | 33.3 | 23.8:1 | 17% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 803 | N/A | N/A | 15% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 939 | N/A | N/A | 16% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 1,042 | N/A | N/A | 20% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 909 | 33 | 27.6:1 | 15% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 938 | 33 | 28.4:1 | 13% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 1,099 | 37 | 29.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Welby School.
About Welby School
Welby School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in South Jordan, Utah. School enrollment was 701 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6. The average among elementary schools in Utah is roughly 491 students; this school is 43% bigger than that.
Welby School falls under Jordan District, which has 67 schools enrolling 58,788 students.
At Welby School, White students make up 76% of the student body. The next largest groups are 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at Welby School and a ratio of 22.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 21% of enrollment. That is lower than the 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County.
Welby School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 60% of Utah public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 49.7% at Welby School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Salt Lake County show that the median household income is $97,494, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Welby School, Salt Lake County has 324 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Elk Ridge Middle, at about 0.7 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Welby School is 7th among 9 schools close by.
For locale, NCES codes Welby School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment declined 13% from its 2020-21 level of 803.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 South Jordan
- Bingham HighHigh · 2,461 students
- Mountain Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,313 students
- South Jordan MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
- Elk Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,151 students
- Early Light Academy at DaybreakCombined · 1,022 students
- Aspen ElementaryElementary · 901 students
Nearby schools
- Elk Ridge Middle0.7 mi · 1,151
- Elk Meadows School0.9 mi · 580
- Jordan Hills School1.2 mi · 631
- Itineris Early College High1.3 mi · 366
- Terra Linda School1.6 mi · 474
- Golden Fields School1.6 mi · 854
Frequently asked questions
About Welby SchoolHow large is Welby School?
Welby School enrolls approximately 701 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Welby School serve?
Welby School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Welby School?
Approximately 22.6:1 students per teacher at Welby School.
How diverse is Welby School?
Welby School reports a student body of 76% White, 14% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Welby School public or private?
Welby School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jordan District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.