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If you had an hour of school board time for Wellsville School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CACHE DISTRICT·NCES 490012000086
Wellsville School
525 N. 200 W., WELLSVILLE, UT 84339 · (435) 245-3764 · Cache County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% 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.
- BBeats 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
21.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
104 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 41% smaller than its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
50.2%
UT avg 41.4% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
52.1%
UT avg 41.8% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 50 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 down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.2% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 53.4% | 54.1% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Wellsville School
Wellsville School's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellsville School this school | 463 | 22.5% | 55.3% |
| Hooper School HOOPER | 516 | 19.6% | 55.9% |
| Kings Peak School ROOSEVELT | 479 | 19.6% | 43.4% |
| Three Mile Creek School PERRY | 531 | 19.6% | 56.0% |
| Mountainside School MENDON | 514 | 18.3% | 66.0% |
| Lomond View School OGDEN | 444 | 17.3% | 68.0% |
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 Wellsville School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Cache County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #176 of 562 | #18 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #198 of 578 ▼ 17 | #18 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #186 of 578 ▲ 6 | #17 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #372 of 613 | #21 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #325 of 556 | #12 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.5% | #537 of 559 | #26 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.5% | #376 of 582 | #22 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #223 of 388 | #4 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
463
-39 (-8%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 533
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 | 463 | 21.5 | 21.5:1 | 22% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 23.5 | 21.1:1 | 20% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 23.5 | 21.8:1 | 21% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | N/A | N/A | 20% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | N/A | N/A | 20% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | N/A | N/A | 28% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 14 | 28.2:1 | 31% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 428 | 20 | 21.4:1 | 23% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 533 | 22 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wellsville School.
About Wellsville School
Wellsville School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in WELLSVILLE, Utah. The school reports 463 students in kindergarten through 6.
Wellsville School is one school in a 26-school district, Cache District, which enrolls 20,286 students.
Wellsville School enrolls a student body that is 91% White. It is also 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Wellsville School has a diversity index of 17%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1 at Wellsville School, with 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Utah have a similar average ratio of 21.8:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 22% of enrollment. Across public schools in Cache County, the average is 31%.
The allk12 Grade for Wellsville School is B+. Compared with Utah public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 68% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.8% at Wellsville School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 55.3%.
Cache County has these Census figures: median household income is about $81,665, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Wellsville School is among the 44 public schools in Cache County.
Nearest public school: South Cache Middle School, about 3.9 miles away. The five-mile area around Wellsville School holds 5 other public schools. Local comparison: Wellsville School ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 55.3% versus a 56.2% average.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 502 to 463.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Wellsville School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Cache District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Green Canyon High SchoolHigh · 1,677 students
- Sky View HighHigh · 1,600 students
- Mountain Crest HighHigh · 1,547 students
- North Cache Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,194 students
- South Cache Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,143 students
Nearby schools
- South Cache Middle School3.9 mi · 1,143
- Mountainside School4.5 mi · 514
- Lincoln School4.5 mi · 492
- Heritage School4.7 mi · 724
- Thomas Edison - South4.8 mi · 699
- Nibley School5.3 mi · 511
Frequently asked questions
About Wellsville SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wellsville School?
Wellsville School enrolls approximately 463 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Wellsville School serve?
Wellsville School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Wellsville School?
Approximately 21.5:1 students per teacher at Wellsville School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wellsville School?
At Wellsville School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Wellsville School public or private?
Wellsville School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cache District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.