Hunter School

Hunter School is a moderately sized elementary-level community in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, one of the schools within Granite District. The school hosts 480 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Hunter School is one of 85 schools operated by Granite District, a district that works with 59,404 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Hunter School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, Hunter School shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hunter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.0%.

Around the school, census data for Salt Lake County shows median household earnings sit near $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Hunter School is one.

The closest other public school is Hunter High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hunter School. On composite proficiency, Hunter School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 25.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hunter School's enrollment has fell 26% since 2018, when it stood at 651 (now 480). Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 53% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Hunter School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.