Jackling School

As an intimate elementary campus in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, Jackling School caters to 415 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by Granite District.

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

Looking at the student body, Jackling School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 28% White, 8% Pacific Islander, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Jackling School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. The state averages about 21.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Jackling School is in the bottom 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 37.4%; Jackling School posts 18.3%, -19.1 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put median household income runs about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Jackling School is one.

Philo T. Farnsworth School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jackling School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Jackling School's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 399 (now 415).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.