Beehive School

Beehive School is a mid-sized K-5 school in KEARNS, Utah, overseen by Granite District. The school works with 489 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Granite District runs 85 schools in total, collectively educating 59,404 students. Beehive School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Beehive School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 31% White, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Salt Lake County (around 34%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Beehive School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Salt Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,494, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Beehive School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kearns High, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Beehive School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Beehive School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 26.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Beehive School's enrollment has shrank 24% since 2018, when it stood at 641 (now 489). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 43% to 51%.

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