Granger High

Granger High is one of the big high schools in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, overseen by Granite District, with 3,267 students on its rolls from grades 8 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 980 students per school, that is 233% bigger than typical.

Within Granite District, which oversees 85 schools and 59,404 students, Granger High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Granger High lists that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 29% White, 5% Pacific Islander, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 129 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.4:1. The state averages around 21.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at Granger High qualify 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 above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Granger High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 31.1%; this one comes in at 14.3%, -16.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Salt Lake County shows median household income runs about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Granger High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: West Lake Jr High, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Granger High. On composite proficiency, Granger High comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 24.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 3,129 students in 2018 compared to 3,267 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged up from 24% to 29% over that span.

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