32 public K-12 schools in Sandy from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Sandy has more public-school enrollment than 92% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Sandy's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.
18 of Sandy's 32 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 6 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.
The 62-point gap between Entrada and Beehive Science & Technology Academy Elementary shows the range hidden by Sandy's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
Sandy school enrollment ranges from 25 students (lowest) to 2,278 students (highest), a spread of 2,253 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Entrada | 62 |
| 2. | Union Middle | 45 |
| 3. | Midvale Middle | 44 |
| 4. | Eastmont Middle | 41 |
| 5. | Mt. Jordan Middle | 36 |
| 6. | Indian Hills Middle | 35 |
| 7. | Diamond Ridge High School | 34 |
| 8. | Beehive Science & Technology Academy | 33 |
| 9. | Canyons Transition Academy | 33 |
| 10. | Canyons Online | 32 |
| 11. | Albion Middle | 31 |
| 12. | Quail Hollow School | 31 |
| 13. | Jordan High | 30 |
| 14. | Special Ed Preschool | 30 |
| 15. | Sunrise School | 29 |
| 16. | Park Lane School | 29 |
| 17. | Lone Peak School | 27 |
| 18. | Brookwood School | 27 |
| 19. | Peruvian Park School | 26 |
| 20. | Altara School | 25 |
| 21. | Alta High | 24 |
| 22. | Sprucewood School | 24 |
| 23. | Granite School | 24 |
| 24. | Silver Mesa School | 23 |
| 25. | Alta View School | 22 |
| 26. | East Sandy School | 22 |
| 27. | Crescent School | 20 |
| 28. | Willow Canyon School | 20 |
| 29. | Sandy School | 16 |
| 30. | Oakdale School | 16 |
| 31. | Glacier Hills Elementary | 14 |
| 32. | Beehive Science & Technology Academy Elementary | - |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Entrada has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Sandy schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Sandy has 32 public schools with a total enrollment of 18,403 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 20.7:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
