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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000717
Hunter School
4351 S 5400 W, WEST VALLEY CITY, UT 84120 · (385) 646-4876 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Utah public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
20.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
193 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 51 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
26.6%
UT avg 41.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
23.5%
UT avg 41.8% . -7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.6% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 26.6% | 31.1% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Hunter School
Hunter School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter School this school | 480 | 40.2% | 27.0% |
| Whittier School WEST VALLEY CITY | 492 | 41.1% | 26.8% |
| Lake Ridge School MAGNA | 410 | 44.6% | 15.8% |
| Gearld Wright School SALT LAKE CITY | 532 | 36.1% | N/A |
| Rolling Meadows School WEST VALLEY CITY | 456 | 47.1% | 32.0% |
| Pleasant Green School MAGNA | 482 | 40.9% | 22.3% |
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 Hunter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #496 of 562 | #126 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #498 of 578 ▼ 56 | #131 of 180 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #493 of 578 ▲ 12 | #125 of 180 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #349 of 613 | #99 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #262 of 556 | #88 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #55 of 559 | #50 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #216 of 582 | #73 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #103 of 388 | #45 of 133 |
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
480
-110 (-19%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 992
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 | 480 | 23 | 20.9:1 | 40% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 20.5 | 24.1:1 | 56% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 21.5 | 22.8:1 | 56% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | N/A | N/A | 66% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 651 | N/A | N/A | 69% (448) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | N/A | N/A | 65% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 717 | 27 | 26.6:1 | 60% (432) |
| 2000-01 | 755 | 37 | 20.4:1 | 38% (286) |
| 1990-91 | 992 | 36 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hunter School.
About Hunter School
Families in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, are served by Hunter School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 480 students in 2024-25.
Within Granite District, Hunter School is one of 85 schools. The district enrolls 59,404 students.
Hispanic students are 53% of those enrolled at Hunter School. The next largest groups are 33% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. In Salt Lake County overall, about 21% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at Hunter School are from different groups.
There are 23 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 20.9:1. Across elementary schools in Utah, the average ratio is 21.8:1. Of all students at Hunter School, 40% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Hunter School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Utah public elementary schools.
Hunter School is 13.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (27.0% versus 40.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Utah.
In Salt Lake County, home to about 1,196,523 people, median household income comes to about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Salt Lake County's 325 public schools enroll about 209,757 students and include Hunter School.
Hunter High sits about 0.4 miles from Hunter School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Hunter School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 590 students in 2020-21 to 480 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Hunter School, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Granite District
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
Other schools in WEST VALLEY CITY
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- American Preparatory Academy - Accelerated SchoolCombined · 1,556 students
- Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-12Combined · 777 students
- John F. Kennedy Jr HighMiddle · 772 students
- West Valley SchoolElementary · 764 students
Nearby schools
- Hunter High0.4 mi · 2,480
- Wallace Stegner Academy Kearns K-120.5 mi · 777
- John F. Kennedy Jr High0.8 mi · 772
- Hillside School0.8 mi · 470
- Ascent Academies of Utah - West Valley0.9 mi · 425
- Academy Park School1.1 mi · 358
Frequently asked questions
About Hunter SchoolHow many students attend Hunter School?
Hunter School enrolls approximately 480 students in grades PK-06.
Is Hunter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hunter School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hunter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hunter School is approximately 20.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hunter School?
At Hunter School, the student body is approximately 33% White, 53% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Hunter School in?
Hunter School is part of Granite District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.