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Upland Terrace School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
86th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 563 Utah Elementary Schools
Better than 85% of Utah elementary schools
Summary

Upland Terrace School is a public elementary school in Salt Lake City serving 477 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade. Located in a highly competitive elementary-school area, it ranks 86th out of 563 Utah elementary schools, placing it in the 85th percentile and earning a four-star rating. That is considerably stronger than the linked Granite District, which ranks in the 24th percentile, although several nearby schools are ranked even higher.

The school’s biggest academic strengths are mathematics and science. In 2025–2026, math proficiency was 70.3% in third grade, 68.8% in fourth grade, and 60.0% in fifth grade, while science proficiency reached 70.0% in fourth grade and 72.0% in fifth grade. These results were well above both district and statewide averages. Upland Terrace generally outperformed nearby William Penn School, Crestview School, and Rosecrest School in math, though it trailed top local performers such as Howard R. Driggs School, Morningside School, and Cottonwood School. English language arts remained above state and district averages, but its latest proficiency rates—58.2% in third grade, 52.6% in fourth grade, and 53.4% in fifth grade—were softer than recent results and represent the clearest area to monitor.

Attendance is a notable advantage: chronic absenteeism fell to 10.8% in 2024–2025, the lowest reported rate among the nearby comparison schools and well below the Granite District rate of 30.6%. The student-teacher ratio was a moderate 22.1, better than several nearby schools but not as low as Oakridge School or Highland Park School. Overall, Upland Terrace is best viewed as a consistently strong upper-tier school in an unusually high-performing local cluster, with mathematics, science, and attendance standing out most clearly.

477
Students ?
22.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$8,746
Per pupil spending ?
11.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3700 S 2860 E
       Salt Lake City, UT  84109

(385) 646-5055

District: Granite District


Students who attend Upland Terrace School usually attend:

Middle:    Wasatch Junior High
High:    Skyline High
Racial breakdown:

White:
85.7%
Hispanic:
7.1%
Asian:
2.5%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 68th percentile in 2016 → 85th in 2026
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Utah average (63% vs 49% meeting standards)
✓Ranks in the top 15% of Utah elementary schools
✓Ranking is trending up — up 17 percentile points since 2016
Worth a look
!Large classes — about 22 students per teacher
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school63%
District avg37%
Utah avg49%
86th of 563
Utah public elementary schools ?
Top 15%▲ up 17 pts since 2016
From top 32% (2016) to top 15% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
7th of 53Elementary Schools in the Granite District
70th of 92Granite District among Utah districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankUtah percentileRating
202680.386 of 56384.7%★★★★☆
202583.871 of 54787.0%★★★★☆
202483.964 of 56188.6%★★★★☆
202383.474 of 56186.8%★★★★☆
202278.4101 of 55181.7%★★★★☆
202180.879 of 55985.9%★★★★☆
201989.626 of 57295.5%★★★★★
201869.1148 of 52872.0%★★★★☆
201772.5121 of 52677.0%★★★★☆
201666.0172 of 53367.7%★★★☆☆
201572.0129 of 53776.0%★★★★☆
201472.9116 of 50977.2%★★★★☆
201365.4215 of 57662.7%★★★☆☆
201265.6222 of 57961.7%★★★☆☆
201173.5137 of 56375.7%★★★★☆
201075.897 of 51881.3%★★★★☆
200983.539 of 50992.3%★★★★★
200886.420 of 49896.0%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankUtah percentileRating
202669.999 of 41676.2%★★★★☆
202581.752 of 40887.3%★★★★☆
202473.290 of 42979.0%★★★★☆
202375.783 of 42880.6%★★★★☆
202270.2118 of 43572.9%★★★★☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
White (2026)76th percentile-9 vs school
By subject vs Utah (2025-2026) ?
Science71%+19 vs state
Mathematics66%+18 vs state
English Language Arts55%+9 vs state

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Open Quote My son, starting 2nd grade this year, stated that this is his favorite school so far. He's been in other different schools due to us moving around, so this means a lot. They are very friendly here, and they have treated us with respect from day one. My son is a "special needs" child with High Autism, and they have a teacher there, Mrs. Wilson, who's very good with him, and she teaches the advanced class and my son loves it so far. I hope we can stay with this school for a long time to come.

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Upland Terrace School ranks 86th of 563 Utah elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 477 students attended Upland Terrace School.

Students at Upland Terrace School are 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Students who attend Upland Terrace School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Wasatch Junior High
High : Skyline High

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2025–26 RISE & Utah Aspire Plus test scoresSep 8, 2026
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Utah State Board of Education.

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