Open Classroom

Open Classroom is a modestly sized elementary campus in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, run under Open Classroom. The school works with 307 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Open Classroom sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Open Classroom answers to Open Classroom, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Open Classroom shows that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Open Classroom has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 35% of students at Open Classroom qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Open Classroom performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.6%, the actual is 44.0%, a residual of +1.4 points.

Around the school, Salt Lake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Open Classroom is one campus in the mix.

City Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Open Classroom. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Open Classroom at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 54.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, Open Classroom runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Open Classroom's enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 371 (now 307). White enrollment moved from 80% to 64% across the same window.

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