Ensign School

Ensign School operates as an intimate elementary school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, part of Salt Lake District. Current enrollment sits at 361 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 491 students per school, that is 26% leaner than typical.

Ensign School is one of 39 schools operated by Salt Lake District, a district that instructs 20,086 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ensign School logs that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. Compared to Salt Lake County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Ensign School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Ensign School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ensign School ranks in the top 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.9%; Ensign School posts 70.1%, +19.2 points above that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Ensign School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Open Classroom is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ensign School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 45.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 343 students in 2018 compared to 361 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 6% to 12%.

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