Midvale School

Midvale School, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in MIDVALE, Utah, operated by Canyons District, instructs 644 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 491 students per school, that is 31% bigger than typical.

Midvale School is one of 47 schools operated by Canyons District, a district that educates 32,688 students overall.

Demographically, Midvale School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder comes out to 25% White, 4% Black, 3% Pacific Islander, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Midvale School shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Midvale School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.1%.

In the surrounding community, Salt Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,494, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Midvale School is one.

The closest other public school is Midvale Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Midvale School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Midvale School's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 782 (now 644).

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