Bennion School

Bennion School, an average-sized elementary-level community in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, one of the schools within Granite District, enrolls 447 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Bennion School is one of 85 schools operated by Granite District, a district that works with 59,404 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Bennion School shows that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 31% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bennion School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.6%; this one delivers 43.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Salt Lake County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Bennion School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Bennion Jr High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bennion School. On composite proficiency, Bennion School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.9%.

Bennion School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bennion School has declined 23%, going from 582 students in 2018 to 447 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 69% to 54%.

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