Harry S. Truman School

Harry S. Truman School, a compact elementary campus in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, run under Granite District, hosts 317 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 35% leaner than the state mean of about 491.

Granite District runs 85 schools in total, collectively educating 59,404 students. Harry S. Truman School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Harry S. Truman School lists that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Harry S. Truman School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Harry S. Truman School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Arcadia School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Harry S. Truman School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 28.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harry S. Truman School has declined 46%, going from 583 students in 2018 to 317 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 37% to 43% across the same window.

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