Crescent School

Crescent School, a reasonably sized K-5 school in SANDY, Utah, one of the schools within Canyons District, serves 468 students, covering grades K through 5.

Canyons District runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 32,688 students. Crescent School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Crescent School logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Crescent School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 36% of students at Crescent School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Crescent School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Salt Lake County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Crescent School is one.

The closest other public school is Life Skills Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crescent School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 56.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 12%: 532 students in 2018 compared to 468 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 18% to 29%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.