Howard R. Driggs School

Howard R. Driggs School is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, operated by Granite District, instructing 469 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Granite District comprises 85 schools with combined enrollment of 59,404 students; Howard R. Driggs School is among them.

On demographics, Howard R. Driggs School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the income-and-resources front, Howard R. Driggs School records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Howard R. Driggs School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Howard R. Driggs School sits in the top 10% of Utah schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.9%; actual is 81.4%, +24.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, 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 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), Howard R. Driggs School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Morningside School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Howard R. Driggs School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Howard R. Driggs School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 61.4%.

Howard R. Driggs School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Howard R. Driggs School has declined 28%, going from 647 students in 2018 to 469 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 93% to 87% over that span.

On this page, members of the Howard R. Driggs School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.