Guadalupe School

Guadalupe School, a tight-knit elementary school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, part of Guadalupe School, hosts 390 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Guadalupe School sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Guadalupe School answers to Guadalupe School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Guadalupe School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%); the rest breaks down as 3% White, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 32.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Guadalupe School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 16.0%, the actual is 12.2%, a residual of -3.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Guadalupe School is one.

The closest other public school is Newman School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Guadalupe School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 25.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Guadalupe School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Guadalupe School has ticked up 29%, going from 303 students in 2018 to 390 in 2025.

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