The top reported proficiency rate is 85% in Science. The lowest is 74% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Indian Hills School
Indian Hills School serves prekindergarten through sixth grade as part of Salt Lake District in Salt Lake City. The school enrolls a moderate number of students for an elementary-level building, and its student body is predominantly white. Small shares of students identify as Asian, Hispanic, or of two or more races. About one in eight students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a rate well below the typical level in a public elementary school, suggesting the surrounding attendance area is comparatively affluent.
On state assessments in the RISE program, Indian Hills posts results that place it above the midpoint among districts in Salt Lake County, in the top quartile of the comparison set. In math, a strong majority of tested students scored at the proficient level or above. In English language arts, roughly three out of four students reached that same threshold. In science, that figure rose above four out of five. These are consistently solid proficiency rates, and across all tested subjects the school's composite performance ranks high relative to other schools in the county. Because these scores come from the most recent testing cycles and the school serves only grades where state testing is administered (third through sixth, plus optional prekindergarten and kindergarten), the results directly reflect its core academic program for the upper elementary years.
The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Chronic absenteeism data was not available from the sources used here, and neither discipline nor staffing figures were included in the available data. A parent who wants detail on school climate or class sizes would need to ask the school directly.
Indian Hills is located in the eastern foothills of Salt Lake City, near the University of Utah. The neighborhood is largely residential with older homes and tree-lined streets, and the housing market in the school's ZIP code is expensive, well above both the state and national median home values. Rents likewise run high. This puts the school's low poverty rate in context: the area draws families who can afford a pricey housing market. For families who already live nearby, the school is the neighborhood option; for those looking to move into the attendance zone, the financial barrier is steep.
Salt Lake City itself is an urban center with a growing job market anchored by the University of Utah, health care, and tech employment. The downtown core has a walkable street grid, light rail service, and public amenities such as parks and the City Library system. The city has seen ongoing development, including new housing construction, though much of that growth has concentrated on the west side and downtown, not the eastern bench where Indian Hills sits.
At the district level, Salt Lake District passed a sizable bond in late 2024 to replace West High School and Highland High School, add to two middle schools, and renovate two others. That kind of capital investment will reshape secondary facilities over the coming years. The board also approved new high school boundaries in early 2025 to better align feeder patterns, a change that directly affects where students go after middle school. Indian Hills, as a K-6 school, feeds into a specific middle school and eventually one of the district's high schools, so the boundary redraw could matter for a family planning the full sequence of schools.
For a family considering Indian Hills, the academic picture is clear: the school delivers strong proficiency results in math, reading, and science, and it does so in a low-poverty setting with a largely homogeneous student body. The trade-off is the cost of housing in the immediate area, which is among the highest in the state. The school itself is a straightforward neighborhood elementary with no special charter or magnet designation, no extended grade span, and no secondary programming to evaluate. If a family values strong state-test outcomes and a stable, relatively affluent peer environment, and can afford the local housing market, Indian Hills fits the profile. If a family wants more socioeconomic diversity, a wider set of program options, or a school that serves through middle or high school, other schools in Salt Lake District would be worth examining.
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