Clayton Middle

Clayton Middle is a compact intermediate school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, one of the schools within Salt Lake District. The school serves 567 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 831 students per school, that is 32% smaller than typical.

Salt Lake District runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 20,086 students. Clayton Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Clayton Middle reports that White students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school records 21% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Clayton Middle reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.9:1. The state averages around 21.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Clayton Middle is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 45.8%; this one delivers 61.3%, a residual of +15.6 points.

In the area at large, census data for Salt Lake County shows median household income runs about $97,494, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Clayton Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bonneville School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Clayton Middle comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 67.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Clayton Middle's enrollment has shrank 26% since 2018, when it stood at 770 (now 567). Hispanic enrollment moved from 16% to 21% across the same window.

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