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What tradition at Guadalupe School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
390
Elementary
STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUADALUPE SCHOOL·NCES 490007201174
Guadalupe School
1385 N 1200 W, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84116 · (801) 531-6100 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Utah public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
32.5:1
12 FTE teachers
STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
349 students
STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 98 | 25% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 55% larger than its 6th grade class (31).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
11.8%
UT avg 41.4% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
4.0%
UT avg 41.8% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.8% | 4.0% |
| 2023-24 | 13.0% | 7.5% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
12.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Guadalupe School
Guadalupe School's state test result (12.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe School this school | 390 | 89.5% | 12.2% |
| Odyssey School OGDEN | 520 | 78.3% | 14.7% |
| Escalante School SALT LAKE CITY | 352 | 80.7% | 27.3% |
| Franklin School PROVO | 398 | 72.1% | 22.8% |
| Dual Immersion Academy SALT LAKE CITY | 433 | 62.4% | 24.1% |
| Paradise Canyon ST GEORGE | 461 | 70.3% | 40.9% |
Matched among Utah elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Guadalupe School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #560 of 562 | #170 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.0% | #577 of 578 ▼ 3 | #180 of 180 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #569 of 578 ▲ 1 | #173 of 180 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #460 of 613 | #139 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 32.5:1 | #556 of 556 | #178 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.2% | #549 of 559 | #177 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.5% | #13 of 582 | #11 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.7% | #17 of 128 | #5 of 33 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
390
+19 (+5%) vs 2020
+222% since 2010-11, when it was 121
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 390 | 12 | 32.5:1 | 89% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 13.8 | 28.8:1 | 91% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 15.1 | 27.0:1 | 74% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | N/A | N/A | 88% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 303 | N/A | N/A | 90% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 299 | N/A | N/A | 92% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 121 | 7 | 17.3:1 | 98% (118) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Guadalupe School.
About Guadalupe School
At 1385 N 1200 W in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Guadalupe School operates as a small elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 390 students. Against the 491-student average for elementary schools in Utah, enrollment here is 21% lower.
Federal records list Guadalupe School as its own district.
Hispanic students make up 93% of enrollment at Guadalupe School. The remaining students are 3% White and 2% Black. Census figures show Salt Lake County is about 21% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 14% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 32.5 students per teacher and 12 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 10.7 above the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 89%. The 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 55 points lower.
allk12 grades Guadalupe School a D. The grade compares the school only with Utah public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Guadalupe School's lunch-eligibility share in Utah is predicted to score 16.0%. Guadalupe School scores 12.2%, 3.9 points below that line.
In the county around the school, Salt Lake County, the median household income is $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 325 public schools in Salt Lake County, enrolling about 209,757 students in all.
Newman School is the public school closest to Guadalupe School, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Guadalupe School is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Enrollment is up 5% from 2020-21, when Guadalupe School had 371 students, to 2024-25, when it had 390.
Topics for discussion here include enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
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- Northwest Middle0.9 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Guadalupe SchoolHow large is Guadalupe School?
Guadalupe School enrolls approximately 390 students in grades PK-06.
Is Guadalupe School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Guadalupe School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Guadalupe School have?
Guadalupe School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 32.5:1.
How diverse is Guadalupe School?
Guadalupe School reports a student body of 3% White, 93% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Guadalupe School public or private?
Guadalupe School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Guadalupe School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.