Canyon Rim Academy

Canyon Rim Academy operates as a medium-sized elementary school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, operated by Canyon Rim Academy. Current enrollment sits at 524 students spanning grades K through 6.

Canyon Rim Academy sits inside Canyon Rim Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Canyon Rim Academy reports that nearly all students (87%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.4:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Salt Lake County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Canyon Rim Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.8%, the actual is 70.2%, a residual of +13.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Salt Lake County) logs that median household earnings sit near $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Canyon Rim Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rosecrest School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Canyon Rim Academy ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 63.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site. Canyon Rim Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 4%: 504 students in 2018 compared to 524 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Canyon Rim Academy typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.