Olene Walker Elementary

Olene Walker Elementary is one of the reasonably sized elementary campuss in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, part of Granite District, with 712 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 491 students per school, that is 45% larger than typical.

Across the 85 schools in Granite District (59,404 students total), Olene Walker Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Olene Walker Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 13% White, 12% Asian, 12% Black, 4% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Olene Walker Elementary records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Salt Lake County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Olene Walker Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.1%; Olene Walker Elementary posts 21.4%, -17.7 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Salt Lake County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Olene Walker Elementary is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Nibley Park School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Olene Walker Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 18.6%.

Olene Walker Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 51%: 472 students in 2018 compared to 712 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 46% to 58%.

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