Midvalley School

Located at 217 E 7800 S, in MIDVALE, Utah, Midvalley School is a medium-sized elementary-level community that teaches 635 students (grades K through 5), part of Canyons District. Enrollment runs roughly 29% above the state mean of about 491.

Within Canyons District, which oversees 47 schools and 32,688 students, Midvalley School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Midvalley School logs that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 40% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Midvalley School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 47% of students at Midvalley School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Salt Lake County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Midvalley School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 36.1%, a residual of -0.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Salt Lake County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Midvalley School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Union Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Midvalley School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 28.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Midvalley School's enrollment has expanded 53% since 2018, when it stood at 416 (now 635). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 52% to 45%.

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