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Enrollment
525
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000680
Calvin S. Smith School
2150 W 6200 S, TAYLORSVILLE, UT 84118 · (385) 646-5020 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Utah public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
24.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
102 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 | 30 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
50%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
54.6%
UT avg 41.4% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
UT avg 41.8% . -6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.6% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 53.1% |
% 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Calvin S. Smith School
Calvin S. Smith School's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin S. Smith School this school | 525 | 19.4% | 53.4% |
| Odyssey Charter School American Fork | 420 | 17.9% | 54.5% |
| Wasatch School PROVO | 546 | 25.8% | 62.1% |
| Oakwood School SALT LAKE CITY | 580 | 19.0% | 57.3% |
| Thomas Edison - North NORTH LOGAN | 490 | 22.7% | 59.5% |
| Ridgecrest School COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS | 491 | 26.3% | 57.4% |
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 Calvin S. Smith School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #201 of 562 | #60 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #262 of 578 ▼ 66 | #66 of 180 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #125 of 578 ▲ 70 | #41 of 180 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #278 of 613 | #80 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #513 of 556 | #165 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #196 of 559 | #105 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.4% | #425 of 582 | #131 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.5% | #52 of 388 | #23 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
525
-196 (-27%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 998
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 | 525 | 21.5 | 24.4:1 | 19% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 23.5 | 24.9:1 | 26% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 24.5 | 24.6:1 | 26% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 721 | N/A | N/A | 30% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 755 | N/A | N/A | 36% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 766 | N/A | N/A | 36% (277) |
| 2010-11 | 699 | 24 | 29.1:1 | 31% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 646 | 29 | 22.3:1 | 20% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 998 | 34 | 29.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calvin S. Smith School.
About Calvin S. Smith School
Calvin S. Smith School serves students in TAYLORSVILLE, Utah, as a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 525 students in 2024-25.
Granite District includes 85 schools. Together they enroll 59,404 students.
Federal enrollment data show Calvin S. Smith School is 68% White. The next largest groups are 18% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. In Salt Lake County overall, the White share is about 70%. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at Calvin S. Smith School are from different groups.
Calvin S. Smith School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1, with 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Utah is 21.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 19% at Calvin S. Smith School. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Salt Lake County is 34%.
On the allk12 Grade, Calvin S. Smith School lands at B, ahead of 59% of Utah public elementary schools.
Schools in Utah with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 50.3%. Calvin S. Smith School scores 53.4%.
Census data for Salt Lake County show median household income comes to about $97,494, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 325 public schools and about 209,757 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Bennion Jr High, is about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Calvin S. Smith School is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Calvin S. Smith School enrolled 721 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 525.
People who know Calvin S. Smith School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 TAYLORSVILLE
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Eisenhower Jr HighMiddle · 1,036 students
- Bennion Jr HighMiddle · 1,022 students
- Vista SchoolCombined · 551 students
- Arcadia SchoolElementary · 433 students
- John C. Fremont SchoolElementary · 374 students
Nearby schools
- Bennion Jr High0.5 mi · 1,022
- Bennion School0.9 mi · 447
- Taylorsville High1.2 mi · 2,685
- Heartland School1.4 mi · 403
- Hartvigsen School1.4 mi · 76
- Plymouth School1.4 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About Calvin S. Smith SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Calvin S. Smith School?
Calvin S. Smith School enrolls approximately 525 students in grades PK-06.
Is Calvin S. Smith School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Calvin S. Smith School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Calvin S. Smith School?
Approximately 24.4:1 students per teacher at Calvin S. Smith School.
How diverse is Calvin S. Smith School?
Calvin S. Smith School reports a student body of 68% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Calvin S. Smith School in?
Calvin S. Smith School is part of Granite District.
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