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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000199
Bennion School
5775 S SIERRA GRANDE DR, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84118 · (385) 646-4774 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Utah public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
121 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.3%
UT avg 41.4% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
35.8%
UT avg 41.8% . -4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.6% | 40.5% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bennion School
Bennion School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennion School this school | 447 | 27.1% | 43.9% |
| Fox Hills School SALT LAKE CITY | 553 | 31.6% | 48.7% |
| Freedom Preparatory Academy - Vineyard VINEYARD | 505 | 21.2% | 46.8% |
| Hawthorn Academy South Jordan SOUTH JORDAN | 621 | 25.9% | 46.5% |
| Diamond Ridge School SALT LAKE CITY | 483 | 25.5% | 46.3% |
| Advantage Arts Academy HERRIMAN | 354 | 24.9% | 34.9% |
Matched among Utah elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bennion School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #333 of 562 | #86 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #395 of 578 ▼ 30 | #100 of 180 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #277 of 578 ▲ 40 | #75 of 180 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #394 of 613 | #118 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #520 of 556 | #168 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #50 of 559 | #46 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.1% | #318 of 582 | #99 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #131 of 388 | #60 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
447
-140 (-24%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 832
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 447 | 18 | 24.8:1 | 27% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 19.5 | 22.8:1 | 36% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 19.5 | 23.2:1 | 31% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | N/A | N/A | 41% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | N/A | N/A | 49% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | N/A | N/A | 42% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 695 | 24 | 29.0:1 | 39% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 27 | 23.3:1 | 19% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 832 | 31 | 26.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bennion School.
About Bennion School
Bennion School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Federal data show 447 students enrolled in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
Granite District has 85 schools; together they serve 59,404 students.
Of every 100 students at Bennion School, about 54 are White. Other reported shares: 31% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Pacific Islander. Salt Lake County's residents are about 70% White, 17 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bennion School scores 61%.
Staffing at Bennion School comes to 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 24.8:1. The school's 24.8:1 compares with an average of 21.8:1 for elementary schools in Utah. On the income side, 27% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Bennion School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of Utah public elementary schools.
Bennion School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (43.9%) and its predicted rate (46.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Utah schools.
For Salt Lake County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $97,494 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Salt Lake County number 325, with about 209,757 students.
Measured in a straight line, Bennion Jr High is about 0.5 miles from Bennion School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Bennion School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Bennion School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 24% across 4 years, from 587 in 2020-21 to 447 in 2024-25.
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Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Granite District
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
Other schools in SALT LAKE CITY
- West HighHigh · 2,503 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
- Olympus HighHigh · 2,151 students
- Highland HighHigh · 1,973 students
- East HighHigh · 1,764 students
Nearby schools
- Bennion Jr High0.5 mi · 1,022
- Calvin S. Smith School0.9 mi · 525
- Fox Hills School1.1 mi · 553
- Arcadia School1.3 mi · 433
- Vista School1.3 mi · 551
- Taylorsville High1.4 mi · 2,685
Frequently asked questions
About Bennion SchoolHow large is Bennion School?
Bennion School enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Bennion School serve?
Bennion School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Bennion School?
Approximately 24.8:1 students per teacher at Bennion School.
How diverse is Bennion School?
Bennion School reports a student body of 54% White, 31% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bennion School?
Bennion School is overseen by Granite District in Salt Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.