Monroe School

Monroe School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah, operated by Granite District, educates 512 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Within Granite District, which oversees 85 schools and 59,404 students, Monroe School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Monroe School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%; the rest looks like 29% White, 5% Pacific Islander, 4% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Salt Lake County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Monroe School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.8%.

Around the school, census data for Salt Lake County shows median household income runs about $97,494, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Monroe School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Monticello Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Monroe School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 29.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Monroe School has shrank 30%, going from 727 students in 2018 to 512 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 68% to 58%.

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