Copper Hills School

Copper Hills School is an average-sized elementary school in MAGNA, Utah, overseen by Granite District. The school enrolls 432 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Within Granite District, which oversees 85 schools and 59,404 students, Copper Hills School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Copper Hills School shows that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 44% White. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Roughly 45% of students at Copper Hills School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Copper Hills School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put median household earnings sit near $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Copper Hills School is one.

The closest other public school is Scott M Matheson Jr High, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Copper Hills School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 20.7%.

Copper Hills School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Copper Hills School has edged down 19%, going from 532 students in 2018 to 432 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 36% to 50%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.