Newman School

Newman School, a small primary school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, overseen by Salt Lake District, caters to 405 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Salt Lake District comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 20,086 students; Newman School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Newman School shows that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 23% White, 5% Pacific Islander, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Salt Lake County (around 34%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Newman School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.9%; this one delivers 28.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Salt Lake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Newman School is one.

Salt Lake Center for Science Education is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Newman School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Newman School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 22.7%.

Newman School operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Newman School has declined 14%, going from 471 students in 2018 to 405 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 47% to 65% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Newman School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.