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Enrollment
712
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000259
Olene Walker Elementary
3225 S 800 E, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84106 · (385) 646-4996 · Salt Lake County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL712 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Utah public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
25.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
302 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 33%
Community
1
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 | 42 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
17.3%
UT avg 41.4% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
20.6%
UT avg 41.8% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.3% | 20.6% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Olene Walker Elementary
Olene Walker Elementary's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olene Walker Elementary this school | 712 | 42.4% | 21.4% |
| Lincoln School SALT LAKE CITY | 483 | 36.2% | 24.0% |
| James E. Moss School SALT LAKE CITY | 543 | 33.9% | 22.5% |
| American Preparatory Academy - The School for New Americans WEST VALLEY CITY | 639 | 59.5% | 35.5% |
| Whittier School SALT LAKE CITY | 500 | 57.4% | 48.8% |
| Taylorsville School SALT LAKE CITY | 404 | 39.4% | 26.1% |
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 Olene Walker Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #528 of 562 | #148 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #522 of 578 ▼ 20 | #149 of 180 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #550 of 578 ▼ 1 | #157 of 180 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 712 | #86 of 613 | #21 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #544 of 556 | #175 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #40 of 559 | #38 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #199 of 582 | #67 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +50.8% | #6 of 128 | #2 of 33 |
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
712
+285 (+67%) vs 2020
+78% since 1990-91, when it was 401
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 | 712 | 27.8 | 25.6:1 | 42% (302) |
| 2023-24 | 674 | 23.9 | 28.2:1 | 61% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 21.5 | 21.1:1 | 80% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | N/A | N/A | 74% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 472 | N/A | N/A | 88% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | N/A | N/A | 86% (443) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 21 | 25.6:1 | 84% (451) |
| 2000-01 | 421 | 20 | 21.1:1 | 57% (242) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 19 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olene Walker Elementary.
About Olene Walker Elementary
Olene Walker Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, one of the schools in Granite District. Federal data show 712 students enrolled in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Utah average about 491 students, which makes this school 45% above average.
Granite District oversees Olene Walker Elementary and 84 other schools, with 59,404 students in total.
The largest group at Olene Walker Elementary is Hispanic students, at 58%. Other students are 13% White, 12% Asian, 12% Black, and 4% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Salt Lake County residents are about 21% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
On staff are 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 25.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Utah average 21.8:1. Olene Walker Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 42%. On average, public schools in Salt Lake County report 34%.
On the allk12 Grade, Olene Walker Elementary lands at F, ahead of 3% of Utah public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 39.1% for Olene Walker Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 21.4%. The 17.7-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Utah schools.
In Salt Lake County, median household income comes to about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Salt Lake County counts 325 public schools with about 209,757 students.
Nibley Park School is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Olene Walker Elementary places 3rd out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Olene Walker Elementary had 427 students in 2020-21 and 712 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans.
On allk12, people connected to Olene Walker Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Granite District
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
Other schools in SALT LAKE CITY
- West HighHigh · 2,503 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
- Olympus HighHigh · 2,151 students
- Highland HighHigh · 1,973 students
- East HighHigh · 1,764 students
Nearby schools
- Nibley Park School0.6 mi · 483
- Granite Park Jr High0.9 mi · 800
- Utah International Charter School0.9 mi · 244
- Lincoln School1.0 mi · 483
- Youth Educational Support School1.0 mi · 71
- Granite Connection High1.0 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About Olene Walker ElementaryHow many students attend Olene Walker Elementary?
Olene Walker Elementary enrolls approximately 712 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Olene Walker Elementary serve?
Olene Walker Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Olene Walker Elementary?
Approximately 25.6:1 students per teacher at Olene Walker Elementary.
How diverse is Olene Walker Elementary?
Olene Walker Elementary reports a student body of 13% White, 58% Hispanic, 12% Black, 12% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Olene Walker Elementary public or private?
Olene Walker Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Granite District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.