James E. Moss School

James E. Moss School is a reasonably sized elementary school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, operated by Granite District. The school teaches 543 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Granite District comprises 85 schools with combined enrollment of 59,404 students; James E. Moss School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, James E. Moss School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 25% White, 14% Asian, 10% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, James E. Moss School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.2%; actual is 22.5%, a gap of -20.7 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put median household income runs about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. James E. Moss School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Utah Virtual Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), James E. Moss School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 585 students in 2018 compared to 543 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 26% to 45% across the same window.

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