Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALT LAKE DISTRICT·NCES 490087000510
Newman School
1269 N COLORADO ST, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84116 · (801) 578-8537 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Utah public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
256 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 33%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
28.2%
UT avg 41.4% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
29.2%
UT avg 41.8% . +10.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.2% | 29.2% |
| 2023-24 | 29.3% | 18.7% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Newman School
Newman School's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newman School this school | 405 | 63.2% | 28.6% |
| Copperview School MIDVALE | 328 | 62.5% | 13.5% |
| Lincoln School OGDEN | 488 | 63.3% | 21.2% |
| Franklin School PROVO | 398 | 72.1% | 22.8% |
| Columbia School WEST JORDAN | 599 | 68.1% | 16.1% |
| Timpanogos School PROVO | 636 | 63.1% | 31.1% |
Matched among Utah elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Newman School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #481 of 562 | #120 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #455 of 578 ▲ 80 | #115 of 180 ▲ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #475 of 578 ▲ 7 | #117 of 180 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #446 of 613 | #133 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #14 of 556 | #7 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.0% | #173 of 559 | #96 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.2% | #39 of 582 | #22 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #225 of 388 | #96 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
405
+104 (+35%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 629
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 405 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 63% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 248 | 14.5 | 17.1:1 | 65% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 13.3 | 20.1:1 | 67% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 301 | N/A | N/A | 61% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | N/A | N/A | 70% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | N/A | N/A | 76% (358) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 24 | 21.3:1 | 76% (389) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 23 | 23.2:1 | 60% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 629 | 21 | 29.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newman School.
About Newman School
Newman School is a low-enrollment elementary school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 405 students.
Salt Lake District has 20,086 students in 39 schools, and Newman School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are 65% of those enrolled at Newman School. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% White, 5% Pacific Islander, and 4% multiracial. In Salt Lake County overall, about 21% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Newman School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 14.5:1 is based on 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Utah have an average ratio of 21.8:1. In all, 63% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Salt Lake County averages 34%, lower than here.
Newman School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 22% of Utah public elementary schools.
Newman School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (28.6% versus 28.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Utah.
Census data for Salt Lake County show the median household earns about $97,494 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Salt Lake County number 325, with about 209,757 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Salt Lake Center for Science Education, is the closest to Newman School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 22.7% proficiency; Newman School posts 28.6%.
In the federal locale system, Newman School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment rose 35% over 4 years, reaching 405 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Newman School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salt Lake District
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Other Newman schools
One other US public school is named Newman. Newman School is the largest of the 2.
- Newman SchoolBillings, MT · 249 students
Nearby schools
- Salt Lake Center for Science Education0.2 mi · 368
- Guadalupe School0.3 mi · 390
- Pacific Heritage Academy0.5 mi · 327
- Salt Lake Head Start0.6 mi · 75
- Rose Park School0.7 mi · 358
- Escalante School0.7 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Newman SchoolHow many students attend Newman School?
Newman School enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-06.
Is Newman School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Newman School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Newman School have?
Newman School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Newman School?
Student demographics at Newman School are roughly 23% White, 65% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Newman School in?
Newman School is part of Salt Lake District.
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