Edison School

Edison School is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, operated by Salt Lake District, with 459 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Within Salt Lake District, which oversees 39 schools and 20,086 students, Edison School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Edison School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 14% White, 9% Pacific Islander, 7% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Edison School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Salt Lake County (around 34%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Edison School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 11.1%; this one delivers 21.3%.

Across the wider county, Salt Lake County reports 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 Edison School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Franklin School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Edison School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 24.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Edison School's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 486 (now 459).

Inside the community feed, the feed for Edison School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.