Aspen Elementary

Aspen Elementary is an elementary-level community of sprawling scale in South Jordan, Utah, run under Jordan District, caters to 901 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 84% larger than the state mean of about 491.

Aspen Elementary is one of 67 schools operated by Jordan District, a district that instructs 58,788 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Aspen Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Aspen Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Aspen Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.8%; this one delivers 46.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Aspen Elementary is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Nearest neighbor: Advantage Arts Academy, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Aspen Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.0%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

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