Oakwood School

Oakwood School is a mid-tier elementary school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, operated by Granite District. The school hosts 580 students in grades pre-K through 6.

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

On demographics, Oakwood School records that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment; the rest reads as 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Salt Lake County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Oakwood School reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.0:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, Oakwood School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 57.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (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%. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Oakwood School is one campus in the mix.

Bonneville Jr High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Oakwood School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.4%.

Oakwood School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Oakwood School's enrollment has edged up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 580). White enrollment moved from 86% to 69% across the same window.

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