Alta View School

Alta View School operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in SANDY, Utah, operated by Canyons District. Current enrollment sits at 556 students spanning grades K through 5.

Alta View School is one of 47 schools operated by Canyons District, a district that works with 32,688 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alta View School shows that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder looks like 27% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Salt Lake County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Alta View School shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.0:1. The state averages about 21.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Salt Lake County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Alta View School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.7%, the actual is 55.4%, a residual of +6.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Salt Lake County shows median household earnings sit near $97,494, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Alta View School is one.

The closest other public school is Eastmont Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alta View School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 49.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Alta View School's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 597 (now 556). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 76% to 66%.

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