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Enrollment
764
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000728
West Valley School
6049 W BRUD DR, WEST VALLEY CITY, UT 84128 · (385) 646-5079 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL764 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Utah public elementary schools
- CTest 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
20.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
287 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 | 40 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 124 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 36% smaller than its 6th grade class (124).
Student demographics
64%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
37.5%
UT avg 41.4% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
31.4%
UT avg 41.8% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.5% | 31.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33.4% | 32.6% |
% 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 West Valley School
West Valley School's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Valley School this school | 764 | 37.6% | 35.5% |
| Neil Armstrong Academy WEST VALLEY | 688 | 31.1% | 46.1% |
| Fox Hills School SALT LAKE CITY | 553 | 31.6% | 48.7% |
| Falcon Ridge School WEST JORDAN | 674 | 38.6% | 34.9% |
| Wasatch School SALT LAKE CITY | 387 | 37.2% | 69.6% |
| Gearld Wright School SALT LAKE CITY | 532 | 36.1% | N/A |
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 West Valley School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #422 of 562 | #104 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #428 of 578 ▲ 2 | #108 of 180 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #376 of 578 ▲ 67 | #97 of 180 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 764 | #54 of 613 | #13 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #242 of 556 | #80 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #22 of 559 | #21 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #227 of 582 | #77 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.3% | #33 of 128 | #9 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
764
+62 (+9%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 952
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 | 764 | 37 | 20.6:1 | 38% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 739 | 32.5 | 22.8:1 | 48% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 735 | 31 | 23.7:1 | 50% (369) |
| 2020-21 | 702 | N/A | N/A | 51% (357) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | N/A | N/A | 61% (393) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | N/A | N/A | 57% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 813 | 29 | 28.0:1 | 49% (395) |
| 2000-01 | 952 | 40 | 23.8:1 | 29% (276) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Valley School.
About West Valley School
West Valley School is a large elementary school in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, (ZIP code 84128). Students in pre-K through 6 attend, and enrollment is 764 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Utah is about 491 students.
The district, Granite District, has 59,404 students enrolled across 85 schools.
At West Valley School, the largest share of students is White, at 50%. The school is also 32% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% Pacific Islander, and 4% multiracial. That is lower than the 70% White share among all Salt Lake County residents. West Valley School's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 37 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 20.6:1. That is 1.2 students per teacher below the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. West Valley School reports 38% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
West Valley School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of Utah public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with West Valley School's lunch-eligibility share in Utah is predicted to score 41.4%. West Valley School scores 35.5%, 6.0 points below that line.
Across Salt Lake County, the median household income is $97,494, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Salt Lake County has 325 public schools and roughly 209,757 students.
The closest other public school is Whittier School, about 0.6 miles away. West Valley School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: West Valley School ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 35.5% versus a 31.9% average.
West Valley School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
West Valley School's enrollment climbed from 702 in 2020-21 to 764 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for West Valley School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 WEST VALLEY CITY
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- American Preparatory Academy - Accelerated SchoolCombined · 1,556 students
- Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12Combined · 777 students
- John F. Kennedy Jr HighMiddle · 772 students
- West Lake Jr HighMiddle · 724 students
Other West Valley schools
One other US public school is named West Valley. West Valley School is the largest of the 2.
- West Valley SchoolKalispell, MT · 434 students
Nearby schools
- Whittier School0.6 mi · 492
- Wallace Stegner Academy West Valley0.6 mi · 702
- Gearld Wright School0.9 mi · 532
- Valley Crest School1.0 mi · 455
- Hunter Jr High1.0 mi · 667
- Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley1.2 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About West Valley SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at West Valley School?
West Valley School enrolls approximately 764 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does West Valley School serve?
West Valley School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at West Valley School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at West Valley School is approximately 20.6:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at West Valley School?
Student demographics at West Valley School are roughly 50% White, 32% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is West Valley School in?
West Valley School is part of Granite District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.